Warning events and understanding them

As described earlier, warning events indicate problems in the application or in communication. In this recipe, we will describe the main events in this category.

Getting ready

Start capturing or open an existing file, and start the Expert Infos window.

How to do it...

  1. From the Analyze menu, open Expert Infos by clicking on Expert Info.
  2. Click on the Warnings: bar. You will get the following window (all events are examples):
    How to do it...

    You will see here several event categories:

    • Reassembly problems: These are mostly un-reassembled packets. These are usually indicated as Wireshark dissector problems.
    • TCP window problems: These are ...

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