Wireshark: Functionality

1h 50mIntermediate2025-03-03

Authors

Lisa Bock

Security ambassador with a broad range of IT skills and knowledge

Course details

Speed up your workflow and enhance your analysis by becoming better acquainted with the Wireshark interface and its core features. In this course, join Lisa Bock as she helps to familiarize you with this powerful protocol analysis tool. Lisa reviews the menu choices, explains each of the toolbars available, and shares tips for modifying the Wireshark interface to suit your needs. Discover capture options and understand the difference between capture and display filters. Learn how to efficiently find and mark packets, and fine-tune columns, fonts, and colors. Create configuration protocols and easily add comments to a single packet or to the entire capture, all with the goal of helping you navigate easier in Wireshark.

Learning objectives
Exporting packets and objects
Edit, View, and Statistics menus
Toolbars and icons
Capture options
Using the capture and display filters
Finding and marking packets
Personalizing the layout
Creating configuration profiles
Filter expressions and buttons

Skills covered

WiresharkNetwork SecurityNetwork AdministrationCybersecurityNetwork and System AdministrationOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Improve your Wireshark workflow
02 - What you need to know

1. Menus and Toolbars

03 - File - Open, Import, and Save
04 - Export packets or objects and print
05 - Edit menu
06 - View menu
07 - Statistics menu
08 - Using graphs
09 - Additional menu choices
10 - Exploring the Telephony menu

2. Capturing Traffic

11 - Capture options
12 - Use a ring buffer
13 - Challenge - Ring buffer with coloring rules
14 - Solution - Ring buffer with coloring rules
15 - Capture filters
16 - Display filters
17 - Find packets
18 - Mark packets
19 - Fine-tune columns

3. Personalizing the Interface

20 - File and packet comments
21 - Configuration profiles
22 - Appearance and layout
23 - Columns, font, and colors
24 - Name resolution
25 - Challenge - Create a button
26 - Solution - Create a button

Conclusion

27 - What's next