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Learn Wireshark

You're reading from   Learn Wireshark A definitive guide to expertly analyzing protocols and troubleshooting networks using Wireshark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803231679
Length 606 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (28) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 Traffic Capture Overview
2. Chapter 1: Appreciating Traffic Analysis FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Using Wireshark 4. Chapter 3: Installing Wireshark 5. Chapter 4: Exploring the Wireshark Interface 6. Part 2 Getting Started with Wireshark
7. Chapter 5: Tapping into the Data Stream 8. Chapter 6: Personalizing the Interface 9. Chapter 7: Using Display and Capture Filters 10. Chapter 8: Outlining the OSI Model 11. Part 3 The Internet Suite TCP/IP
12. Chapter 9: Decoding TCP and UDP 13. Chapter 10: Managing TCP Connections 14. Chapter 11: Analyzing IPv4 and IPv6 15. Chapter 12: Discovering ICMP 16. Part 4 Deep Packet Analysis of Common Protocols
17. Chapter 13: Diving into DNS 18. Chapter 14: Examining DHCP 19. Chapter 15: Decoding HTTP 20. Chapter 16: Understanding ARP 21. Part 5 Working with Packet Captures
22. Chapter 17: Determining Network Latency Issues 23. Chapter 18: Subsetting, Saving, and Exporting Captures 24. Chapter 19: Discovering I/O and Stream Graphs 25. Chapter 20: Using CloudShark for Packet Analysis 26. Assessments 27. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adjusting columns, font, and colors

While working with a packet capture, most users are comfortable with the default settings used in the interface. However, you can adjust font styles and size to personalize the look and feel of your workspace. In addition, you can also modify the colors that Wireshark uses for the various packet identifiers and display filters.

Once you are in the interface, you will see the column headers that are along the top of the screen. While you are working on a capture, you might not ever manipulate the columns. However, you can add, delete, align, and customize the columns at any time.

Wireshark makes it easy to add and modify columns, as we'll see in the next section.

Adding, editing, and deleting columns

In Wireshark, you can do more than simply expand or shrink the column headers while in the interface.

To improve how you visualize columns, go to Edit | Preferences, and then Columns, as shown in the following screenshot:

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