Audience
Packet analyzers looking for a network protocol analyzer to look at their network at a microscopic level
About Wireshark
Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. 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 a network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It has a rich and powerful feature set and is world’s most popular tool of its kind. It runs on most computing platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.
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Company Information
Wireshark
Founded: 1998
United States
www.wireshark.org
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Wireshark Frequently Asked Questions
Wireshark Product Features
Network Troubleshooting
Bandwidth Troubleshooting
Change Management
Configuration Management
Connectivity Management
Data Visualization
Network Analysis
Network Monitoring
Alerts / Escalation
Historical Audit
Mobile Network Troubleshooting