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Troubleshooting with Wireshark: Fundamental Protocol Analysis

Improve your network behavior troubleshooting skills and knowledge of protocols with this course. You'll use Wireshark to observe protocol logic, examine ICMP messages, capture DHCP traffic, and learn about basic DNS operation and how TCP operates.

Ross Bagurdes - Pluralsight course - Troubleshooting with Wireshark: Fundamental Protocol Analysis
Ross Bagurdes
What you'll learn

Wireshark is a very powerful tool for troubleshooting, but getting started with it can be overwhelming when it comes to the protocols for solving network behavior issues. This course, Troubleshooting with Wireshark: Fundamental Protocol Analysis, will help you to understand how fundamental protocols operate using Wireshark as the mechanism for observing protocol logic in action. You'll start by learning about Ping and Traceroute and how they make use of ICMP, an important troubleshooting protocol, and ICMP messages. Next, you'll cover DHCP traffic, options, and improper behavior, followed by learning about basic DNS operation and DNS issues. Finally, you'll learn about TCP operations, sequence and acknowledgment numbers, and behavior. By the end of this course, you'll be able to expertly use Wireshark to analyze and solve complex network protocol issues you may have in the future.

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Ross Bagurdes - Pluralsight course - Troubleshooting with Wireshark: Fundamental Protocol Analysis
Ross Bagurdes

For nearly 20 years, Ross has taught and managed data networks.

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