Chapter 1. Welcome to the World of Packet Analysis with Wireshark

This chapter provides you an introduction to the basics of the TCP/IP model and familiarizes you with the GUI of Wireshark along with a sample packet capture. You will be introduced to the following topics:

• What is Wireshark?
• How does it work?
• A brief overview of the TCP/IP model
• An introduction to packet analysis
• Why use Wireshark?
• Understanding the GUI of Wireshark
• The first packet capture