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> Wireshark development thrives thanks to the volunteer contributions of networking experts
> around the globe and is the continuation of a project started by Gerald Combs in 1998.
Wireshark is an excellent open-source tool with wide use. Capabilities include inspection of <code>dis</code> packets.
[Capturing DIS Packets](Capturing_DIS_Packets.pdf) by Tobias Brennenstuhl is his [thesis annex](https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/65436)
specifically written to help support student efforts.
## Installation and Configuration
IMPORTANT: if you have already installed Wireshark, check your version!
Always use the latest so that operating-system security and feature sets are up to date.
a. Download Wireshark from https://www.wireshark.org
b. Install as local administrator if possible
c. Launch and see if network packets are being detected.
1. Download Wireshark from https://www.wireshark.org
2. Install as local administrator if possible
3. Launch and see if network packets are being detected.
| Successful monitory | Failed installation |
| Successful installation, monitoring | Failed installation, no monitoring |
| ------ | ------ |
| <a href="images/WiresharkNetworkInterfaces.png"><img src="images/WiresharkNetworkInterfaces.png" width="300" align="center"/></a> | <a href="images/WiresharkNoNetworkTraffic.png"><img src="images/WiresharkNoNetworkTraffic.png" width="300" align="center"/></a> |
4. Check your network interfaces via console commands [ipconfig](ipconfig.txt)
5. Double-check network interfaces using [ipconfig /all](ipconfigAll.txt) to see any hidden interfaces
## Capturing Packets
a. Confirm preferences: File &gt; Preferences &gt; Capture as shown
1. Confirm preferences: File &gt; Preferences &gt; Capture as shown
<a href="images/WiresharkCapturePreferences.png"><img src="images/WiresharkCapturePreferences.png" width="300" align="center"/>
b. Set filter to dis
c. Lauch one of the example programs to send packets, then observe results.
2. Set filter to dis
3. Lauch one of the example programs to send packets, then observe results.
<a href="images/WiresharkUdpDisPduCapture.png"><img src="images/WiresharkUdpDisPduCapture.png" width="300" align="center"/>
## Troubleshooting
1. huh
## References
a. Wireshark intro video and Go Deep
b. Wireshark FAQ
1. Wireshark intro video and Go Deep
2. Wireshark FAQ
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