man pages(http://www.wireshark org/docs/man-pages/),and a detailed FAQ (http://www.wireshark org/faq.html),rich functionality that includes the capability to analyze hundreds of protocols,and a well-designed user interface.It operates in computers using Ethernet,serial(PPP and SLIP),802.11 wireless LANs,and many other link-layer technologies (if the OS on which it's running allows Wireshark to do so). Getting Wireshark In order to run Wireshark,you will need to have access to a computer that supports both Wireshark and the libpcap or WinPCap packet capture library.The libpcap software will be installed for you.if it is not installed within your operating system.when you install Wireshark.See http://www.wireshark.org/download.html for a list of supported operating systems and download sites Download and install the Wireshark software //www.wireshark.org/download.html and download and install the ary for your compute The Wireshark FAQ has a nu mber of helpful hints and interes ting tidbits of information. particularly if you have trouble installing or running Wireshark Running Wireshark When you run the Wireshark program,you'll get a startup screen,as shown below WIRESHARK terface List Capture Options Capture Help Sample Captures How to Capture Figure 2:Initial Wireshark Screenman pages (http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/), and a detailed FAQ (http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html), rich functionality that includes the capability to analyze hundreds of protocols, and a well-designed user interface. It operates in computers using Ethernet, serial (PPP and SLIP), 802.11 wireless LANs, and many other link-layer technologies (if the OS on which it's running allows Wireshark to do so). Getting Wireshark In order to run Wireshark, you will need to have access to a computer that supports both Wireshark and the libpcap or WinPCap packet capture library. The libpcap software will be installed for you, if it is not installed within your operating system, when you install Wireshark. See http://www.wireshark.org/download.html for a list of supported operating systems and download sites Download and install the Wireshark software: • Go to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html and download and install the Wireshark binary for your computer. The Wireshark FAQ has a number of helpful hints and interesting tidbits of information, particularly if you have trouble installing or running Wireshark. Running Wireshark When you run the Wireshark program, you’ll get a startup screen, as shown below: Figure 2: Initial Wireshark Screen