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Thephoneringsmultiplelinesatonetimenever agoodsign. Theusersarecomplainingaboutnetworkperformanceagain.Theynevercalltosaythenetworkis The users are complaining about network performance again. They never call to say the network is doinggreattoday theydontrememberthenumerousdayswhenthenetworksupportedtheir everywhim.No.Theyonlycalltocomplain.BeinganITsupportpersonisathanklessjob. Inthisliveonlineseminar,LauraChappellexplainsanddemonstratesthekeytasksusingWireshark, theworldsmostpopularnetworkanalyzer. Tellyourfriendstellyourcolleagues.Thisisoneseminarnottomiss. Thisseminarisbroughttoyouforfreebyoursponsor,NetOptics.ThankyouNetOptics! This seminar is brought to you for free by our sponsor NetOptics Thank you NetOptics!
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PleasefollowmeonTwitterandsubscribetomyblog. Checkouttheotheronlineseminarsandkeeplearningevenifitisanhouratatime. RegisterforupcomingSeminarsatchappellseminars.com Top10ReasonsYourNetworkisSlow[HOT!] WiresharkJumpstart newdatesTBA(Takeit againinviteyourteam) TraceBacktoaSuspiciousHost AnalyzingandImproveNetworkThroughput:PacketLossandLatencyAnalysis A l i dI N k Th h P k L dL A l i HackedHosts:NetworkForensics IdentifySuspiciousTrafficPatterns Ifyouwanttostartlearningrightnow,thencheckouttheover200videocoursesonlineat www.chappellU.com.Seethediscountcodelaterinthisdocument.
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These aretheareaswewilldiscussintodaysseminar. WhatisWireshark?Illshowyouadiagramoftheelements ofWireshark. PlacingtheAnalyzer.Dothisrightandsaveyourselfloadsoftime. CaptureandDisplayFilters.Focus onspecifictypesoftraffic. Spotting Problems.LettheExpertInfoCompositewindowguideyou. BasicTrafficGraphs:apictureisworthathousandpackets! OverviewofCommandLineTools.Sometimesyouneedtogocommandline. Q&A.Illgettoasmanyquestionsastimepermits. Q & A Ill i i i Soletsgetstarted.
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ToooftenIamcalledonsitetotroubleshoot anetworkaftereveryonehaspulledtheirhair out.Itbogglesthemind.Whydidn tthesepeopleputananalyzeronthenetworkandlookat out. It boggles the mind. Why didnt these people put an analyzer on the network and look at thetraffic? Thepacketsneverlie! WiresharkisaFIRSTRESPONDERtool. Networkslow?Getthetrace!Cantconnect?Getthe trace!Systembehavingstrangely?Getthetrace! Networkanalysiscanalwaystellyou WHEREtheproblemis,butitcannotalwaystellyou WHYtheproblemishappening.
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Whenyouarecapturing trafficoffthenetwork,youareusingoneofthreepossibledrivers. WinPcap driver UsedonWindowshostsrunningWireshark. AirPcapdriver UsedtocaptureWLANtrafficonaWindowshost. Libpcap d i Lib driver Usedtocapturetrafficona*nixhost. ThefirstfilterappliedistheCapturefilter.Ifyouapplyacapturefilterforallbroadcasttraffic, thatiswhatwillbepasseduptothecaptureengine.Youcantgobackandgetpacketsthat werefilteredoutfromviewusingcapturefilters,sousethesesparingly.
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YoudonotneedWinPcap, AirPcaporLibpcap inordertoopenuptracefiles.Thosedrivers areusedtocapturetrafficonthenetwork. are used to capture traffic on the network. Whenyouopenatracefile,youareusingthewiretaplibrarywhichsupportsnumeroustrace fileformatsincludingtracefileformatsusedbyNetworkGeneralSniffer,Wildpackets OmniPeek,Snoopandmore. SelectFile>OpenandclickthedownarrowtotherightofFileTypetoseethelistof recognizedfiletypes. i d fil
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Dissectors,plugins anddisplayfiltersareappliedoncethepacketsarepassed upeitherby thecaptureengineorthewiretaplibraryintothecoreengine. p g p y g Dissectors/plugins interpretthecontentsofthepacketandareakeycomponentof Wiresharkenablingyoutoreadpacketsandseeinterpretedfields. Thedisplayfiltersenableyoutoselectwhichpacketstoviewbasedonspecificcriteriathat youdefine.Displayfiltersdonotaffectthetracefileitself theyonlyaffectwhichpackets youview. TheGIMPToolKit (commonlyreferredtoasGTK+)providesthegraphicalinterfacefor Wireshark.GTK+wasinitiallydevelopedforandusedbyGIMP,theGNUImageManipulation Program.ItisusedbyalargenumberofapplicationsincludingtheGNUproject'sGNOME desktop. SelectHelp>AboutWireshark>FolderstofindwherethevariousWiresharkfilesare located.StartinginWiresharkv1.2,thelocationslistedarehyperlinkedsoyoucanquickly located Starting in Wireshark v1 2 the locations listed are hyperlinked so you can quickly openfolders.
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PlacetheAnalyzerAppropriately: Switched networkscancausestheanalystgrief blocking thetrafficfromeasyview.We llgothroughfourwaystocapturewirednetworktrafficanda the traffic from easy view. Well go through four ways to capture wired network traffic and a fewwaystocaptureWLANtrafficnext.Hey ifyoucantseethepackets,youareblindto theproblem. CreateBaselines:Baselinesaresample tracefilesoftrafficwhenlifewasgoodthiswillbe onyourToDolistifnot. FilteronSpecificConversationsorTypesofTraffic:IfFred i Fil S ifi C i T f T ffi If F d iscomplainingabouthisweb l i i b hi b browsingspeedsyoucouldstartwithafilteronjustFredsHTTP/HTTPStraffic. LookforHotProblems:Payattention toWiresharks ExpertInfoCompositeinformation. CreateKeyGraphs:Apictureisworthathousandswords.Inthiscase,an IOgraphiswortha p thousandpackets.
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UnlessyouaretheITslave atanoldschoolthatstillsupportshubs,youarelikelyworkingin aswitchedenvironment. Loveem orhateem,switchesarenecessarynetworktrafficcops.Fromtheanalysts perspective,however,theyreducevisibilitybylimitingtheforwardingtrafficoftrafficfrom unnecessarypathsorsegments. Switchesforwardfourtypesofpacketsbydefault: Broadcasts(MAClayerbroadcasts) B d (MAC l b d ) Multicasts(MAClayermulticasts) ifconfiguredtodoso Trafficto/fromtheconnectedhostsMACaddress TraffictounknownMACaddresses(Ihopeyouneverseethis)
WedbeblindtoFredstraffictotheserverifweplacedtheanalyzerofftheswitch asshown inthegraphic. SowhatcanwedowhatCANwedo?!
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Thefirstthingwecando(althoughoneofmyleastdesiredoptions)isjust runWiresharkoff Fred smachine. Freds machine. Yeahitsaneasysolution,butfilledwithriskswetypicallydontwanttoalterthesystem thatishavingproblems.Networkanalysisisapassive,noninvasiveprocess.Ioftencompare ittoanxraymachine ohlookyourfootisbrokenintwoplacesnomoreDancingwith theStarsforyou!Imagineifthexraymachinewasembeddedinyourfoottofindthe problem ouch. IalsodetesttheideaofshowingFredthathissystemcanrunWireshark.Fredis,afterall,the UserfromHellandinthiscase,ignoranceisblisshisignoranceismybliss. Butsometimesthatistheonlyfeasibleoption.StartWiresharkrunninginthebackground (maybewithaniceringbuffer welldiscussthatlaterinthisclass)andtellFredtodohis y p g stuffandshowyouwhathesexperiencing. BesuretouninstallWiresharkafterwards!
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Thisoptiononlyworksonhalfduplex networks. Astinkinoldhubcansaveyourhide! Hubsarestupidalltheyknoware1sand0sandtheyforwardeverybitineverydirection (exceptbacktheywaythebitscamein).ByplacingahubalongthepathbetweenFredand theswitchandpluggingmyanalyzerintothehub,IgettoseeallFredstraffic. Watchoutforthose10/100/1000hubsthough.Ifyouhaveaspeedmismatchonthe W h f h 10/100/1000 h b h h If h d i h h connectingdevicesthathubmayactasaswitchbetweenthedifferentspeeddevices. Testthisfirstbeforeyouneedit.Connecttwohostsandyouranalyzertoahub.Makesure youcanseethedevicespingingeachother.Therearealotofhubsthatarecrossdressers theyareactuallyswitches.Theresnotruthinadvertisingthesedays(especiallyinthetech ) world).
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Ifyouareworking onafullduplexnetwork,ahubaint gonna cutthemustard(akawontworkfor myinternationalattendees). Totapintoafullduplexnetwork,youllneedafullduplextap.Simplyconnectitupjustasyoudid thehubandawayyougo!Uhexceptforonething Therearemanyvariationsoffullduplextapoutthere.Themaindifferentiatoris,ofcourse,speed (10/100/1000)andporttype(copper/fiber).Pastthat,youalsohavenonaggregatingtapsand aggregatingtaps. NonAggregatingTaps Thesetapshavetwooutputportsanddonotcombinethefullduplexstreamsineachdirection.You needtohangtwoanalyzersoffthesetapstoseebidirectionalcommunication.UseFile>Mergeor thecommandlinemergecap utilitytocombinemultipletracefiles. AggregatingTaps Wellworththemoney.Thesetapscombinethebidirectionaldataandforwarditoutonemonitor port(ortwoifyouhavearegeneratingthatandwanttoplacesomethingelse maybeaSnortbox offtheextraport).
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Easy, eh? PortAconnectstotheswitch.PortBconnectstothetarget.PortCconnectstoyouranalyzer. There arealotofvariationspossiblewhenyourelookingforatap. IusetheNetOpticsproducts inmyoffice www.netoptics.com Ihavethe10/100Teeny Tap,10/100PortAggregatorTap,10/100/1000BaseTTap,andaniTap. NetOpticshasgreatresourcesontheirwebsiteandofferssomeprettyfancyfeaturesintheir higherendtap.IapproachedthemtosponsorthisonlineseminarbecauseItrusttheir productswhenIneedtogetthepackets. Hmmmbutwhatsthechanceacompanyisgoingtoletmedisconnecttheirserverfrom y p p y g thenetworktoinstallmyfullduplextap?NotlikelysothatswhenIgothenextroute
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Nonmanageable switchesaregreatforhomenetworks theyDONOT,however,belongon thecorporatenetwork. the corporate network. Allofyourswitchesshouldhavetheabilitytodoportspanning(akaportmirroring).Port spanningenablesyoutohaveacopyofallnetworktrafficflowingfromanotherswitchport downyourswitchport.Itsrelativelypassive,butnottotallypassiveasyoudidreconfigure theswitch andiftheswitchistheproblem,suchreconfigurationmaysolvetheproblem orgivetheswitchenoughofakickinthebehindtogetitworkingproperlymostlikelyonly untilyouhavecriticalnetworktrafficagain thenitwillfailagain. il h ii l k ffi i h i ill f il i DONTGETMESTARTEDonportsampling.Whatgoodisittoseeonlyapieceofanxray result?Aargh! Makesureyoutestoutyourspanningcommandsandensureyourswitchspansports p p y properly.Eventhehighestandmightiestofswitchmanufacturersseemstohavestumbled g g fromtimetotimeinimplementingthisnecessaryfeature.
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Ohyeahwireless! Okheresthescoop.Youcanjustselectyourwirelessadaptertobeginmonitoring traffic itmostlikelywillletyouseeyourtraffic.ButuhwhataboutFredstraffic?MostNICs wontgointofullmonitormodeandallowyoutoseeotherfolkstraffic. ThisiswhereaWindowshosthasanadvantage(amazingtohearmyselfsaythat).CACE Technologies(whereGeraldCombs,creatorofWireshark,andLorisDegioanni andGianluca Varenni,creatorsofWinPcap,work)hasAirPcap adapters.Buythree.Rightnow. (www.cacetech.com) h di ( h ) heresadiscountcodeforyou WSU0709 thatllgive you15%off d f WSU0709 h ll i 15% ff onAirPcaps andPilotbyCACETechnologies. IllwaittaptaptapDidyougetthem?Good. ThesethreeAirPcap adaptersshouldbeconnectedtoyoursystemviaUSBhubmostlikely. WiththeAirPcap aggregatingdriveryoucannowseeallthetrafficonthreechannels simultaneously.Justtoocool.CACEalsohasWiFi PilotnowthatbundleswithMegageek s simultaneously Just too cool CACE also has WiFi Pilot now that bundles with Megageeks WiSpyadapterforspreadspectrumanalysis(IdemonstratethisadapterliveintheTop10 ReasonsYourNetworkisSlowclass checkitout).
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Thesearethefunctions thatIconsiderkeywhenyouareanalyzingnetworks: ChoosingtheInterface CaptureFiltering CapturingtoFileSets CapturingwithaRingBuffer AlteringtheTimeColumn DisplayFiltering(newautocomplete) UsingtheExpertInfoComposite Ui h E I f C i DefiningProfiles ReassemblingStreams
IwillcutdownthetimespentonslidessoIcanget intothedemoprocessasap inthis training.
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Youhavemanyoptionswhenstartingyourcapture. Youcouldjustcapture asinglefileand(a)manuallystopthecaptureor(b)setastoptrigger. Youcouldcaptureafilesetthatyou(a)manuallystopor(b)stopsbasedonatrigger. TocontrolthenumberoftracefilescreatedyoucanusearingbufferwhichisaFIFO(firstin, firstout)buffer. TriggersforMultipleFiles Ti f M l i l Fil Nextfileeveryxkilobytes,megabytes,gigabytes(carefuloffilesize) Nextfileeveryxseconds,minutes,hours,days(againwatchthesize) Ringbufferwithxfiles Stopcaptureafterxfiles StopTriggers afterxpackets after x packets afterxkilobytes,megabytes,gigabytes(youknowthewarning) afterxseconds,minutes,hours,days(yupsamething)
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Herearesome ofthethingstoknow: ExaminingtheInterfaces E i i th I t f SelectCapture>Interfacestoseetheactiveinterfacesandcheckouttheinterfacedetails,startcapturingright awayorsetupyourcaptureoptions. CaptureFilters MakeaNotMecapturefiltertofilteroutyourtrafficfromyourtracefiles.Youdontwantyouremailorweb browsingsessiontobecapturedwhenyouareworkingonFredsnetworkproblems.ThesyntaxforaNotMe capturefilterisnot ether host 00:21:97:40:74:d2 (withyourMACaddress). SettheTimeCorrectly UseEdit>TimeDisplayFormat>SecondsSincePreviousDisplayedPackettoseethedeltatimefromtheendof onepackettotheendofthenext.Nowyoucansortthetimecolumntoseelargegapsintime! ListentotheExpert SelectAnalyze>ExpertInfoCompositetoidentifypossibleproblemsseeninthetracefile.Expandthefindings tolocatespecificpacketsinthetrace. ChecktheIORate SelectStatistics>IOGraphtonotewhentheIOratedrops.ClickanywhereontheIOgraphtolocatethatarea inthetrace.
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Herearesome ofthethingsImgoingtodemonstrate(continued): MeasurePain Learntomeasuretimebetweenpacketsspreadthroughoutthetrace. Selectthestartpointandrightclick. ChooseSetTimeReference(toggle).Youmightbepromptedforthetimeformatchange.Scrolldownto thenexttimemeasurementandthetimecolumnnowshowsyouthetimefromtheTimeReferenced packettothisone.YoucansetmultipleTimeReferencepacketsinthetraceifdesired. RightClickFiltering Inmyexample,IwanttofindoutifthetraceincludesBOTHtheoriginalandtheretransmittedTCPpacket In my example I want to find out if the trace includes BOTH the original and the retransmitted TCP packet (findaretransmissionpacket).InsidetheTCPheader,IrightclickedtheTCPSequenceNumberfieldand saidPrepareasaFilter(justsoIcanlookatthefilterbeforeitgetsapplied).WhenyouapplythefilterI willlearnifIamupstream(beforepacketlossoccurs)ordownstream(afterpacketlosshasoccurred)on thenetwork. CustomColumns TimepermittingIalsowantedtoshowyouhowtoaddacolumnfortheTCPWindowSizefieldvalueto Wiresharks summarypane.Clickthefieldtoseethefieldnameinthestatusbaratthebottomofthe Wiresharkwindow.Thisfieldiscalledtcp.window_size.NowselectEdit>Preferences>Columns>New> [name:WinSize].IntheFormatarea,selectCustom.Anewblankwindowshowsupontherightofthe Formatfield.Typeinyourfieldname,tcp.window_size.ClickOKandnowlookatyoursummarywindow (youmightneedtoscrolltotherighttoseeyournewcolumn).Cool!
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Nowwhat?!Heresaquicklistoftodoitemsforyouafterthisclass. 1.C monupgrade toWireshark:There sNOREASONtobeworkingwiththeoldEthereal software 1 Cmon upgrade to Wireshark: Theres NO REASON to be working with the old Ethereal software itsoutdatedandendoflifed.Gettowww.wireshark.organdupdatetothelatestversionof Wireshark. 2.Testanalyzerplacement:Makesureyoufeelcomfortable withyourcaptureoptions hubbing out, tappingout,WLANAirPcaps,spanning,etc. 3.Baselineyournetworktraffic:Knowwhatsnormal.Takebaselines ofhoststartupprocesses, connectiontothekeynetworkdevices,shutdown,etc. 4.Learntofilter(captureANDdisplay):Workwithbothtypesoffilters.Becomeafiltergurutosave yourselfloads oftimewhenanalyzingnetworkproblems. 5.DontignoretheExpertInfo:AlwaysgiveanodtotheExpert InfoCompositefindings verifythe alertslistedbylookingatthetraceindepth. 6.LearnTCP/IPatpacketlevel:InstallingandconfiguringaTCP/IPnetworkisentirely differentfrom analyzingthetraffic.GettoknowTCP/IPinsideandout thatincludesARP,IP,TCP,UDP,DHCP, ICMP,HTTP,POP,SMTP,etc.Checkoutthevideocoursesatwww.chappellU.comtogetondemand ICMP HTTP POP SMTP t Ch k t th id t h llU t t d d trainingonTCP/IP.
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Useem orloseem.Thesearethediscountcodesfor theondemandtrainingsubscription.
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Nowwemove ontoliveQ&A. RemembertofollowmeonTwitterandcheckoutmyblog. Checkouttheotheronlineseminarsandkeeplearningevenifitisanhouratatime. UpcomingSeminarsatchappellseminars.com Top10ReasonsYourNetworkisSlow[HOT!] WiresharkJumpstart(Takeit againinviteyourteam) Wi h k J (T k i i i i ) TraceBacktoaSuspiciousHost AnalyzeandImproveNetwork Throughput:PacketLossandLatencyAnalysis Hacked Hosts:NetworkForensics(IdentifySuspiciousTrafficPatterns) Ifyouwanttostartlearningrightnow,thencheckouttheover200videocoursesonlineat www.chappellU.com. pp
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Wellthanks muchforattendingtheonlineliveseminar. Youcanhelpusguidethecontent,length,pricingandformatofthesecoursesbysending yourthoughtstomeatlaura@chappellseminars.comorwritingsomethingintheContactUs pageatwww.chappellseminars.com. NowIaskafavor PleasehelpusreachouttotheITcommunitytoletthemknowabouttheseonlineseminars. Pl h l h h IT i l h k b h li i SpecialthankstoNetOpticswhosponsoredthisliveonlineseminarsowecouldofferitfree toyou.Ifyouknowacompanywhowouldbeagoodsponsortoenableustoopenmore onlineseminarsforfree,pleaseletmeknowdirectly(laura@chappellseminars.com).Iwill likelynotbeontheroadmuchthisyearteachinginpublicsochappellseminars.comand pp yp y g g, chappellU.comaremyprimarymethodsoftrainingfolksonnetworktroubleshooting, optimizationandsecurity.Spreadtheword.
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WedbeblindtoFredstraffictotheserverifweplacedtheanalyzerofftheswitch asshown inthegraphic. SowhatcanwedowhatCANwedo?!

IwillcutdownthetimespentonslidessoIcanget intothedemoprocessasap inthis training.

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