计算机网络实验lab,《计算机网络》实验课-Lab1_Wireshark_INTRO.pdf

Wireshark Lab: Getting Started

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“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.”

Chinese proverb

One’s understanding of network protocols can often be greatly deepened by “seeing

protocols in action” and by “playing around with protocols” – observing the sequence of

messages exchanged between two protocol entities, delving down into the details of

protocol operation, and causing protocols to perform certain actions and then observing

these actions and their consequences. This can be done in simulated scenarios or in a

“real” network environment such as the Internet. The Java applets that accompany this

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text take the first approach. In these Wireshark labs , we’ll take the latter approach.

You’ll be running various network applications in different scenarios using a computer

on your desk, at home, or in a lab. You’ll observe the network protocols in your computer

“in action,” interacting and exchanging messages with protocol entities executing

elsewhere in the Internet. Thus, you and your computer will be an integral part of these

“live” labs. You’ll observe, and you’ll learn, by doing.

The basic tool for observing the messages exchanged between executing protocol entities

is called a packet sniffer. As the name suggests, a packet sniffer captures (“sniffs”)

messages being sent/received from/by your computer; it will also typically store and/or

display the contents of the various protocol fields in these