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WCNA certification for Wireshark  |    A 5 day   hands on   training course

WCNA training course description

Wireshark is a free network protocol analyser. This hands-on course provides a comprehensive tour of using Wireshark to troubleshoot networks. The course concentrates on the information needed in order to pass the WCNA exam. Students will gain the most from this course only if they already have a sound knowledge of the TCP/IP protocols.

What will you learn
  • Analyse packets and protocols in detail.
  • Troubleshoot networks using Wireshark.
  • Find performance problems using Wireshark.
  • Perform network forensics.
WCNA training course details

WCNA training course contents

  • What is Wireshark?
  • Network analysis, troubleshooting, network traffic flows.
    Hands on Download/install Wireshark.

  • Wireshark introduction
  • Capturing packets, libpcap, winpcap, airpcap. Dissectors and plugins. The menus. Right click.
    Hands on Using Wireshark.

  • Capturing traffic
  • Wireshark and switches and routers. Remote traffic capture.
    Hands on Capturing packets.

  • Capture filters
  • Applying, identifiers, qualifiers, protocols, addresses, byte values. File sets, ring buffers.
    Hands on Capture filters.

  • Preferences
  • Configuration folders. Global and personal configurations. Capture preferences, name resolution, protocol settings. Colouring traffic. Profiles.
    Hands on Customising Wireshark.

  • Time
  • Packet time, timestamps, packet arrival times, delays, traffic rates, packets sizes, overall bytes.
    Hands on Measuring high latency.

  • Trace file statistics
  • Protocols and applications, conversations, packet lengths, destinations, protocol usages, strams, flows.
    Hands on Wireshark statistics.

  • Display filters
  • Applying, clearing, expressions, right click, conversations, endpoints, protocols, combining filters, specific bytes, regex filters.
    Hands on Display traffic.

  • Streams
  • Traffic reassembly, UDP and TCP conversations, SSL.
    Hands on Recreating streams.

  • Saving
  • Filtered, marked and ranges.
    Hands on Export.

  • TCP/IP Analysis
  • The expert system. DNS, ARP, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP, TCP.
    Hands on Analysing traffic.

  • IO rates and trends
  • Basic graphs, Advanced IO graphs. Round Trip Time, throughput rates.
    Hands on Graphs.

  • Application analysis
  • DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP.
    Hands on Analysing application traffic.

  • WiFi
  • Signal strength and interference, monitor mode and promiscuous mode. Data, management and control frames.
    Hands on WLAN traffic.

  • VoIP
  • Call flows, Jitter, packet loss. RTP, SIP.
    Hands on Playing back calls.

  • Performance problems
  • Baselining. High latency, arrival times, delta times.
    Hands on Identifying poor performance.

  • Network forensics
  • Host vs network forensics, unusual traffic patterns, detecting scans and sweeps, suspect traffic.
    Hands on Signatures.

  • Command line tools
  • Tshark, capinfos, editcap, mergecap, text2pcap, dumpcap.
    Hands on Command tools.

Learning path

Reviews

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Based on customer ratings

D. H. - Cobham Aviation Services

"Lots to learn and taught well."


S. M. - Cadbury Schweppes

"Great course, feel more confident now."

Training approach

This structured training course seeks to build upon workbook learning through the use of group exercises, dynamic discussion and individual tasks in order to deliver an engaging and interactive module that will ensure all candidates are able to transfer their new skills into the workplace.