CSSE 432 - Computer Networks

Wireshark Labs

To install and launch Wireshark on Linux:

Using the Synaptic application manager, install "Wireshark". This will include libpcap.
In order to access the communication interfaces, we need administrator access. So to launch "Wireshark", at the command prompt, type "sudo Wireshark &".
If you prefer to use the trace files, they can downloaded from here.

Due Date	Lab	Problems
03/12/2012	Introduction to Wireshark	Complete this exercise to familiarize yourself with Wireshark
03/19/2012	HTTP exercise	1-12,14,16-19
See schedule page	DNS Lab (Use ifconfig in place of ipconfig on Linux/Unix) (Use dig in place of nslookup on Linux/Unix)	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18
See schedule page	UDP Lab (4a)	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
See schedule page	TCP Lab (4b)	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12
See schedule page	IP Lab	1-15 (all questions)

What to turn-in:

Follow the instructions in the provided Wireshark Lab documents and write the answers to the problems listed above. Submit a hard-copy of the solutions on the due-date in class.