Introduction

Welcome to the Syngress “Wireshark Field Guide,” your indispensable companion to using Wireshark successfully and solving problems with one of the most commonly used tools in the networking arena today. In this concise text, I will cover how to acquire Wireshark, what you need to know about it to get it up and running and then using it to help solve problems.

For over two decades, the need for an understanding of protocol analysis has grown as the networks we rely on to connect our computers, mobile devices, and systems to use the Internet, access the cloud, and work within our corporate networks have also grown. As more reliance on using the network becomes the norm, solving problems quickly is also becoming increasingly more ...

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