Wireshark Lab:TCP v6.0 Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach nmnmramlrmaeaarmaiteeol nese proverb 2005-21012.J.F Kurose and K.W.Ross,All Rights Reserved KUROSE ROSS In this lab,we'll investigate the behavior of the celebrated TCP protocol in detail.We'll do so by analyzing a trace of the TCP segments sent and received in transferring a 150KB file (containing the text of Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)from your computer to a remote server.We'll study TCP's use of seq ence and acknowledgement bers for providing reliable data transfer. we'll see TCP's congestionco ntrol and co and we'll look at TCP's tised flov ontrol mec anism.We'll also brief 的正 adve setup and we investigate the perform eore beginning this lab.you'l probably want to review seetions 3.5 and 3.7in the 1.Capturing a bulk TCP transfer from your computer to a remote server Before beginning our exploration of TCP,we'll need to use Wireshark to obtain a packet trace of the TCP transfer of a file from your computer to a remote server.You'll do so by accessing a Web page that will allow you to enter the name of a file stored on your computer(which contains the ASCII text of Alice in Wonderland),and then transfer the file to a Web server using the HTTP POST method(see section 2.2.3 in the text).We're using the POST method rather than the GET method as we'd like to transfer a large amount of data from your computer to another computer.Of course,we'll be running Wireshark during this time to obtain the trace of the TCP segments sent and received from your computer. Do the following: the 6t editi
Wireshark Lab: TCP v6.0 Supplement to Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 6th ed., J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” Chinese proverb © 2005-21012, J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross, All Rights Reserved In this lab, we’ll investigate the behavior of the celebrated TCP protocol in detail. We’ll do so by analyzing a trace of the TCP segments sent and received in transferring a 150KB file (containing the text of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) from your computer to a remote server. We’ll study TCP’s use of sequence and acknowledgement numbers for providing reliable data transfer; we’ll see TCP’s congestion control algorithm – slow start and congestion avoidance – in action; and we’ll look at TCP’s receiver-advertised flow control mechanism. We’ll also briefly consider TCP connection setup and we’ll investigate the performance (throughput and round-trip time) of the TCP connection between your computer and the server. Before beginning this lab, you’ll probably want to review sections 3.5 and 3.7 in the text1 . 1. Capturing a bulk TCP transfer from your computer to a remote server Before beginning our exploration of TCP, we’ll need to use Wireshark to obtain a packet trace of the TCP transfer of a file from your computer to a remote server. You’ll do so by accessing a Web page that will allow you to enter the name of a file stored on your computer (which contains the ASCII text of Alice in Wonderland), and then transfer the file to a Web server using the HTTP POST method (see section 2.2.3 in the text). We’re using the POST method rather than the GET method as we’d like to transfer a large amount of data from your computer to another computer. Of course, we’ll be running Wireshark during this time to obtain the trace of the TCP segments sent and received from your computer. Do the following: 1 References to figures and sections are for the 6th edition of our text, Computer Networks, A Top-down Approach, 6th ed., J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross, Addison-Wesley/Pearson, 2012
Start up your web browser.Go the http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark- labs/alice.txt and retrieve an ASCll copy of Alice in Wonderland.Store this file somewhere on your computer Next go to http://gaia cs umass.edu/wireshark-labs/TCP-wireshark-filel html You should see a screen that looks like ,◆,罗A口比 afwireshark-labs/TCP-wreshark-fielt meferhecopyothcethatistorodonyoucomput Browse of alice bt ove stop you Uplood Use the Browse button in this form to enter the name of the file(full path name) on yo press the2 n Ali Wonderland (or do so manually). Don't yet e.t butto Now start up Wireshark and begin packet capture (Capture->Start)and then press OK on the Wireshark Packet Capture Options screen(we'll not need to select any options here). Returning to your browser,press the"Upload alice.txt file"button to upload the file to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server.Once the file has been uploaded,a short congratulations message will be displayed in your browser window. Stop Wireshark packet capture.Your Wireshark window should look similar to the window shown below
• Start up your web browser. Go the http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wiresharklabs/alice.txt and retrieve an ASCII copy of Alice in Wonderland. Store this file somewhere on your computer. • Next go to http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/TCP-wireshark-file1.html. • You should see a screen that looks like: • Use the Browse button in this form to enter the name of the file (full path name) on your computer containing Alice in Wonderland (or do so manually). Don’t yet press the “Upload alice.txt file” button. • Now start up Wireshark and begin packet capture (Capture->Start) and then press OK on the Wireshark Packet Capture Options screen (we’ll not need to select any options here). • Returning to your browser, press the “Upload alice.txt file” button to upload the file to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server. Once the file has been uploaded, a short congratulations message will be displayed in your browser window. • Stop Wireshark packet capture. Your Wireshark window should look similar to the window shown below
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If you are unable to run Wireshark on a live network connection, you can download a packet trace file that was captured while following the steps above on one of the author’s computers2 . You may well find it valuable to download this trace even if you’ve captured your own trace and use it, as well as your own trace, when you explore the questions below. 2. A first look at the captured trace Before analyzing the behavior of the TCP connection in detail, let’s take a high level view of the trace. • First, filter the packets displayed in the Wireshark window by entering “tcp” (lowercase, no quotes, and don’t forget to press return after entering!) into the display filter specification window towards the top of the Wireshark window. What you should see is series of TCP and HTTP messages between your computer and gaia.cs.umass.edu. You should see the initial three-way handshake containing a SYN message. You should see an HTTP POST message. Depending on the version of 2 Download the zip file http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip and extract the file tcpethereal-trace-1. The traces in this zip file were collected by Wireshark running on one of the author’s computers, while performing the steps indicated in the Wireshark lab. Once you have downloaded the trace, you can load it into Wireshark and view the trace using the File pull down menu, choosing Open, and then selecting the tcp-ethereal-trace-1 trace file
Wireshark you are using.you might see a series of"HTTP Continuation"messages being sent from your computer to gaia.cs.umass.edu.Recall from our discussion in the earlier HTTP Wireshark lab,that is no such thing as an HTTP Continuation message-this is Wireshark's way of indicating that there are multiple TCP segments being used to carry a single HTTP message.In more recent versions of Wireshark,you'll see"[TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]"in the Info column of the Wireshark display to indicate that this TCP segment contained data that belonged to an upper layer protocol message(in our case here.HTTP).You should also see TCP ACK segments being returned from gaia.cs.umass.edu to your computer. Answer the following by openin ng the Wireshark captured packet file rk-l download t trace and open that ote 2 vhen answ g a question you s n a printout of the packet(s) that you used to answer the question asked nnotate the printo to ain your answer.To print a packet,use File->Print,choose Selected packet only,choose Packer summary line,and select the minimum amount of packet detail that you need to answer the question. 1.What is the IP address and TCP port number used by the client computer(source) that is transferring the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu?To answer this question,it's probably easiest to select an HTTP message and explore the details of the TCP packet used to carry this HTTP message,using the"details of the selected packet header window"(refer to Figure 2 in the"Getting Started with Wireshark"Lab if you're uncertain about the Wireshark windows. 2.What is the IP address of gaia.cs.umass.edu?On what port number is it sending and receiving TCP segments for this connection? If you have been able to create your own trace,answer the following question 3.What is the IP address and TCP port nur sed by your client computer (source)to transfer the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? Since this lab is about TCP rather than HTPlet's change Wireshark's"of captured pac ow so that shows information ab out the TCPsegments redohs selectae Then uncheck the HP bos and ITTP messages,rather th an about the HTTP mess o have select OK.You should now see a Wireshark window that looks like: you've found the an colored pen)noting what you found in what
Wireshark you are using, you might see a series of “HTTP Continuation” messages being sent from your computer to gaia.cs.umass.edu. Recall from our discussion in the earlier HTTP Wireshark lab, that is no such thing as an HTTP Continuation message – this is Wireshark’s way of indicating that there are multiple TCP segments being used to carry a single HTTP message. In more recent versions of Wireshark, you’ll see “[TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]” in the Info column of the Wireshark display to indicate that this TCP segment contained data that belonged to an upper layer protocol message (in our case here, HTTP). You should also see TCP ACK segments being returned from gaia.cs.umass.edu to your computer. Answer the following questions, by opening the Wireshark captured packet file tcpethereal-trace-1 in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip (that is download the trace and open that trace in Wireshark; see footnote 2). Whenever possible, when answering a question you should hand in a printout of the packet(s) within the trace that you used to answer the question asked. Annotate the printout3 to explain your answer. To print a packet, use File->Print, choose Selected packet only, choose Packet summary line, and select the minimum amount of packet detail that you need to answer the question. 1. What is the IP address and TCP port number used by the client computer (source) that is transferring the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? To answer this question, it’s probably easiest to select an HTTP message and explore the details of the TCP packet used to carry this HTTP message, using the “details of the selected packet header window” (refer to Figure 2 in the “Getting Started with Wireshark” Lab if you’re uncertain about the Wireshark windows. 2. What is the IP address of gaia.cs.umass.edu? On what port number is it sending and receiving TCP segments for this connection? If you have been able to create your own trace, answer the following question: 3. What is the IP address and TCP port number used by your client computer (source) to transfer the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? Since this lab is about TCP rather than HTTP, let’s change Wireshark’s “listing of captured packets” window so that it shows information about the TCP segments containing the HTTP messages, rather than about the HTTP messages. To have Wireshark do this, select Analyze->Enabled Protocols. Then uncheck the HTTP box and select OK. You should now see a Wireshark window that looks like: 3 What do we mean by “annotate”? If you hand in a paper copy, please highlight where in the printout you’ve found the answer and add some text (preferably with a colored pen) noting what you found in what you ‘ve highlight. If you hand in an electronic copy, it would be great if you could also highlight and annotate
ce-1 [Wireshark 16.7 SVN Rev 41973 from istics Telephony Iools Inter 副感●创白厨X旦《中◆0苍业目回⑧Q⑧回国☑ Expression...Clear Time Source Destination Protocol Length info 132.168. 1.110 http nation:Linksyso_da:at:7s File:Users/kurose/Umass/.Packets:1 Displaved:202 Marked:Loadm::0.:Default I his is what we're lookino for-a series of TCP segments sent between your comp and gaia.cs.u ass.edu.We will use the acket trace e that ptured(and山 packe you have cp- the rk-labs/wireshark- races.footnote)to study TCP behavior in the rest of this lab 3.TCP Basics Answer the following questions for the TCP segments: 4.What is the sequence number of the TCP SYN segment that is used to initiate the 5 What is the sequenc e nt f the SYNACK s t segmer sent by ga a.cs.umass.edu to the Acknow ent compu in reply t h the CK segr did gaia.cs.umass.edu SYNACK at va What is it in the segment that identifies the segment as a 6.What is t segment? sequen ce number of the TCP segment containing the HTTP POST command?Note that in or der to find the PO I command,you'll need to dig into the packet content field at the bottom of the W ireshark window.looking for a segment with a"POST"within its DATA field. 7.Consider the TCP segment containing the HTTP POST as the first segment in the TCP connection.What are the sequence numbers of the first six segments in the
This is what we’re looking for - a series of TCP segments sent between your computer and gaia.cs.umass.edu. We will use the packet trace that you have captured (and/or the packet trace tcp-ethereal-trace-1 in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wiresharktraces.zip; see earlier footnote) to study TCP behavior in the rest of this lab. 3. TCP Basics Answer the following questions for the TCP segments: 4. What is the sequence number of the TCP SYN segment that is used to initiate the TCP connection between the client computer and gaia.cs.umass.edu? What is it in the segment that identifies the segment as a SYN segment? 5. What is the sequence number of the SYNACK segment sent by gaia.cs.umass.edu to the client computer in reply to the SYN? What is the value of the Acknowledgement field in the SYNACK segment? How did gaia.cs.umass.edu determine that value? What is it in the segment that identifies the segment as a SYNACK segment? 6. What is the sequence number of the TCP segment containing the HTTP POST command? Note that in order to find the POST command, you’ll need to dig into the packet content field at the bottom of the Wireshark window, looking for a segment with a “POST” within its DATA field. 7. Consider the TCP segment containing the HTTP POST as the first segment in the TCP connection. What are the sequence numbers of the first six segments in the
TCP connection(including the segment containing the HTTP POST)?At what time was each segment sent?When was the ACK for each segment received? Given the difference between when each TCP segment was sent,and when its acknowledgement was received,what is the RTT value for each of the six segments?What is the EstimatedRTT value(see Section 3.5.3,page 239 in text)after the receipt of each ACK?Assume that the value of the Estimate squal tothe measured RTT for the first se nent,and then is computed using the EstimatedRTT equation on page 239 for all subsequent segments Note:Wireshark has a nice feature that allows you to plot the RTT for each of the TCP segments sent.Select a TCP segment in the"listing of captured packets"window that is being sent from the client to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server.Then select:Statistics->TCP Stream Graph- >Round Trip Time Graph 8.What is the length of each of the first six TCP segments? 9.What is the minimum amount of available buffer space advertised at the received for the entire trace?Does the lack of receiver buffer space ever throttle the sender? 10.Are there any retransmitted segments in the trace file?What did you check for(in the trace)i 11.How order to answer this stion? much data do e receiv ically acknowledge inan ACK?Car the Table 32 es on page 247 tran sferred per unit time)for the TCP connection Explain how you ca culated this value The TCP segments in the tep-ethereal-trace-1 trace file are all less that 1460 bytes.This is because the value is the standard maximum length allowed by Ethernet.If your trace indicates a TCP length greater computer is indeed probably sending se ents.as indicated by the ACKs it receives.This inconsistency in reported segment lengths is due to the interaction between the Ethernet We recommend that if you have this inconsistency,that you perform
TCP connection (including the segment containing the HTTP POST)? At what time was each segment sent? When was the ACK for each segment received? Given the difference between when each TCP segment was sent, and when its acknowledgement was received, what is the RTT value for each of the six segments? What is the EstimatedRTT value (see Section 3.5.3, page 239 in text) after the receipt of each ACK? Assume that the value of the EstimatedRTT is equal to the measured RTT for the first segment, and then is computed using the EstimatedRTT equation on page 239 for all subsequent segments. Note: Wireshark has a nice feature that allows you to plot the RTT for each of the TCP segments sent. Select a TCP segment in the “listing of captured packets” window that is being sent from the client to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server. Then select: Statistics->TCP Stream Graph- >Round Trip Time Graph. 8. What is the length of each of the first six TCP segments?4 9. What is the minimum amount of available buffer space advertised at the received for the entire trace? Does the lack of receiver buffer space ever throttle the sender? 10. Are there any retransmitted segments in the trace file? What did you check for (in the trace) in order to answer this question? 11. How much data does the receiver typically acknowledge in an ACK? Can you identify cases where the receiver is ACKing every other received segment (see Table 3.2 on page 247 in the text). 12. What is the throughput (bytes transferred per unit time) for the TCP connection? Explain how you calculated this value. 4 The TCP segments in the tcp-ethereal-trace-1 trace file are all less that 1460 bytes. This is because the computer on which the trace was gathered has an Ethernet card that limits the length of the maximum IP packet to 1500 bytes (40 bytes of TCP/IP header data and 1460 bytes of TCP payload). This 1500 byte value is the standard maximum length allowed by Ethernet. If your trace indicates a TCP length greater than 1500 bytes, and your computer is using an Ethernet connection, then Wireshark is reporting the wrong TCP segment length; it will likely also show only one large TCP segment rather than multiple smaller segments. Your computer is indeed probably sending multiple smaller segments, as indicated by the ACKs it receives. This inconsistency in reported segment lengths is due to the interaction between the Ethernet driver and the Wireshark software. We recommend that if you have this inconsistency, that you perform this lab using the provided trace file
4.TCP congestion control in action Let's now examine the amount of data sent per unit time from the client to the server Rather than(tedio ing this we ll use one of Wireshark's TCP graphing utilities-Time-Sequence-Grp(Stevens)-to plot out data. Select a TCP segment in the Wireshark's"listing of captured-packets"window. Then select the menu:Statistics->TCP Stream Graph->Time-Sequence- Graph(Stevens).You should see a plot that looks similar to the following plot, which was created from the captured packets in the packet trace tcp-ethereal- trace-/in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip(see earlier footnote): P Graph &tep-ethereal-trace-1 192.168.1.102-1161->128.119 15000 10000 5000m Here,each dot represents aTCP s ment sent,plotting the se ace number of the the ch it N f do abo each s stacked represents a series of packets that were sentb acK-to-Da ck by the sende
4. TCP congestion control in action Let’s now examine the amount of data sent per unit time from the client to the server. Rather than (tediously!) calculating this from the raw data in the Wireshark window, we’ll use one of Wireshark’s TCP graphing utilities - Time-Sequence-Graph(Stevens) - to plot out data. • Select a TCP segment in the Wireshark’s “listing of captured-packets” window. Then select the menu : Statistics->TCP Stream Graph-> Time-SequenceGraph(Stevens). You should see a plot that looks similar to the following plot, which was created from the captured packets in the packet trace tcp-etherealtrace-1 in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip (see earlier footnote ): Here, each dot represents a TCP segment sent, plotting the sequence number of the segment versus the time at which it was sent. Note that a set of dots stacked above each other represents a series of packets that were sent back-to-back by the sender
Answer the following questions for the TCP segments the packet trace tcp-ethereal- trace-/in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip 13.Use the Time-Sequence-Graph(Stevens)plotting tool to view the sequence number versus time plot of segments being sent from the client to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server.Can you identify where TCP's slowstart phase begins and ends,and where congestion avoidance takes over?Comment on ways in which the measured data differs from the idealized behavior of TCP that we've studied in the text 14.Answ above for thetrace that you have gathered when a file from your computer to gaia.cs.umass. edu
Answer the following questions for the TCP segments the packet trace tcp-etherealtrace-1 in http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/wireshark-traces.zip 13. Use the Time-Sequence-Graph(Stevens) plotting tool to view the sequence number versus time plot of segments being sent from the client to the gaia.cs.umass.edu server. Can you identify where TCP’s slowstart phase begins and ends, and where congestion avoidance takes over? Comment on ways in which the measured data differs from the idealized behavior of TCP that we’ve studied in the text. 14. Answer each of two questions above for the trace that you have gathered when you transferred a file from your computer to gaia.cs.umass.edu