NWK600 - Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark

Course Description

Short Course | 18 hours | 1.8 CEUs | $2,595

Wireshark™ is a popular and powerful tool used to analyze the number of bits and bytes that are flowing through a network. Knowing the fundamentals of the Wireshark™ application and how to diagnose/troubleshoot the network with a focus on the TCP/IP protocol suite is vital to anyone who is in the networking field today, whether it be Service Provider level or Enterprise level. This insightful and revealing course has been designed to focus on the layered model approach to analyze the world of IP Networking. The course is a combination of knowledge training, systems analysis, with hands-on exercises using the Wireshark™ application.

This class provides an in-depth analysis of network traffic packets to include normal traffic as well as protocol attack patterns. Topics include: ARP, ICMP, DNS, HTTP/S, SMTP, DHCP, TCP, IP, and UDP troubleshooting.

Course Outline

• Course Outline:
  • Installation and Setup
  • Filtering Traffic
  • Customizing
  • Introductory Analysis
  • Network Protocol Analysis
  • Application Protocol Analysis I
  • Application Protocol Analysis II
  • Introduction to Wireshark Command Line Interface and Tshark.
  • Wireshark and Nmap Interaction.
  • Conclusion

Additional Information

Course Objectives:

• Gain a sound understanding of the basic networking protocols
• Use Wireshark to capture, analyze and filter traffic
• Identify routine, abnormal and malicious network traffic

Duration