Now the question is, what do we want to know? The first thing I look at is if I am able to establish a connection to the server. You can type in (tcp & (ip.dst =128.119.245.12|| ip.src =128.119.245.12)) where it will give you the TCP AND the IP from and to sources.

If you would like a specific Protocol like TCP. This can be helpful if you are looking for a specific protocol. You can also have multiple filters like ip.src = (source IP) OR ip.dst = (Destination IP). We would like to make sure we stay on IPV4 until IPV6 is mainstream.

Some sites will give you an IPV6 address which will be hexadecimal. You can see all Destination IPs are 128.119.245.12. We use this so we know that our computer is sending to the destination and gets rid of all the other information that we do not need. Now to use source and destination filters, we would type in “ ip.src = Your IP ” for the source IP and “ ip.dst = IP destination ” for the destination IP (Left picture).

This can make the information easier to read and understand. The first and most important filters are Source filters and Destination filters. Since the IP of Gaia is 128.119.254.12 we can start using Filters. This can make it easier for us to make sure that we are talking to the right server.Īfter confirming the IP address, we would like to lookup IP and the best way to do is with Filters. This will give you, your IP and Gaia’s IP. If we use the command prompt and type in “NSlookup gaia.cs. “(Figure 6). To confirm we are getting the right address. IP is an internet protocol that is assigned to every device and server. The first thing we want to know is, if we are connected with Gaia and how can we do that if we are getting all numbers in Wireshark? We look for the IP. We will then stop capturing packets(step 3) to see what we have done so far. Click on any of the tabs, afterward close the Gaia tab on chrome. Since we are testing how to connect to the server and how to read packages. We will want to start capturing packets, so click the start button from step 3 and then enter gaia.cs. to any internet search engine, like Google Chrome. We will use gaia.cs. as our example case. This would allow you to digest the information much better. To break down the process a bit more, we would want to read packets with filters.

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