NETW310 Week 5 Lab Report

To complete your Week 5 Lab Report, answer all of the questions below.

Create your report using the template starting on page 2 and submit it to the Week 5 Dropbox by the due date.

NETW310
11/25/2014
Lab #5, Wireshark Introduction Lab

Lab Report

Each answer is worth seven points.

Use a red colored font for you answers.

Place the answers below the questions.

1. Is Wireshark open-source or proprietary?
Open Source
2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network?
The List Pane shows the packets that have been captured. The Tree View Pane shows the protocols in the packet. The Byte View Pane shows the raw data .
3. What does a display filter do?
Allow you to define what packets are displayed in the filter pane
4. What does the protocol column show?
The Highest Level Protocol in the frame
5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame?
By pressing the plus sign in the upper left hand corner
6. Capture files have what file name extension?
.pcap
7. The time column shows what?
It shows the time relative to the first packet in increasing order.
8. When you right click on something in one of the panes what happens?
A set of options appear that can be apllied to the packet
9. How is a display filter removed?
Select clear in the top toolbar
10. When a filter is correct what color is the background of the filter window?