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Wireshark

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What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is a free and open source network troubleshooting tool.

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Excellent Network Analysing, Monitoring and Troubleshooting application

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 21, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use it mainly for interrogation, analysis, and monitoring of network packets. Additionally where there are issues we use it for troubleshooting and remediating these issues...
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Professional
Wireshark3 years of experience

Nothing is better than Wireshark

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 11, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I work as a VoIP specialist in contact centers. It regularly happens that I have to study SIP calls to identify faults on gateways during Trunk installation. Wireshark is requ...
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Verified user
Consultant
Wireshark15 years of experience

Boosting Network Performance and Reliability with Wireshark!

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 11, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The scope of our use case spans across our entire organization, from troubleshooting specific issues to ensuring secure and efficient network communication. When issues arise,...
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Employee
Wireshark5 years of experience

Must have tool to work in or with Networks!

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 2, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Receiving the TCAP messages has been never easy. This opensource tool easily capture TCAP during the calls for me on different INAP services. We also easily evaluate messages ...
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Kaveen Eashwarage
Manager - Research & Development
Manager - Special Projects
Central Finance Co PLC
Wireshark2 years of experience

Great open-source tool with a powerful toolset

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 31, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I have used Wireshark to investigate network issues and mostly find lost IPs on the network. The GUI is amazing as well as the command line's speed works wonders. I also used ...
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Swapnil Madiwale
Administrator - Information Technology
Technology Lead
V ARCHITECTURE PTY LTD
Wireshark1 year of experience
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Pricing

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Wireshark

Free

On Premise

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Local and Remote Sniffing with Wireshark

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Wireshark demo (simple http)

YouTube

Saving Files From Wireshark

YouTube

Brim Demo

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How to Use Wireshark's Follow TCP Stream Feature

YouTube

Wireshark SIP Capture

YouTube
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Product Details

What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is a free and open source network troubleshooting tool.

Wireshark Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Wireshark is a free and open source network troubleshooting tool.

Wireshark starts at $0.

Reviewers rate Usability and Support Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Wireshark are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Powerful, Easy to use, Exactly what you need!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 13, 2019
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Mental Health Care Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Wireshark
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use it as a systems information manager to capture traffic on the network and analyze the packets for various reasons. I have used it to find a ping scan from a wireless network that was DOS'ing an external location, and also have used it to pinpoint a system with a corrupted NIC driver that was causing a severe broadcast storm on our main network.
Pros
  • Packet capturing
  • Packet analysis
  • Traffic monitoring and reporting
Cons
  • It is beginner-friendly as far as installation, but it could use a tutorial.
  • Perhaps there is a way to do this already, but I haven't yet seen it. It would be nice if it could be integrated with a network package that could detect network anomalies, fire up an automated packet analysis, and send a report to an administrator.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is invaluable for capturing and analyzing network traffic and identifying issues with devices that are either malfunctioning, or possibly even set up as rogue devices on a network. Using the data from a packet analysis combined with logs and MAC tables from various network devices, it can be used to find specifically where a device might be located. It's not a "set it and forget it" application, but it is well suited for on-the-spot analysis.

A "dump" a day is a wonderful thing! A day is not complete without having used Wireshark.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 29, 2017
AR
Ari Robinson
Senior Product Manager
On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Wireshark
13 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Troubleshooting of reported issues and verification of facts (i.e. that a certain protocol is being used).
Pros
  • Very powerful and easy to use (once you understand the basic interface).
  • Free and easy to install.
  • Flexible and can be used in many different scenarios.
Cons
  • Bring back the Legacy option!
  • Improve the ease of use for some advanced functionality (such as decoding of video into H.264 or seeing the encryption type being used).
  • Sometimes the GUI can become non-responsive when using RDP.
Likelihood to Recommend
Anytime you want to see what is happening between point A and point B on the network.
Obviously, it can't be used when trying to capture communication between one socket and another socket on the same machine.

To Wireshark or not

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 31, 2022
BG
Brian Grime
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Superior Credit Union (Banking, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Wireshark
14 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Wireshark in a multitude of ways. First, we troubleshoot connectivity issues with it, second, we use it for Firewall ruleset tests and third we use it to monitor odd traffic patterns. We find it most helpful when setting up a new product and a vendor is blaming something on our firewall and we can then show them the logs that the traffic is getting through to their side but no response.
Pros
  • Packet sniffing
  • Traffic pattern recreation
  • Traffic monitoring
Cons
  • More point and click
  • Images are difficult to decode
Likelihood to Recommend
When I want to see what type of traffic is leaving a workstation, Wireshark is second to none. However, if I want to see images, it then becomes much more difficult to render the images.

Great Tool to Network Toubleshoot

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 31, 2017
YS
Yuan Sun
Infrastructure Services Analyst Sr.
American Imaging Management (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Wireshark
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Wireshark is used both in the network team and helpdesk team. It helps us to identify and troubleshoot network connectivity issues.
Pros
  • It can help us to determine the network issue such as if it would be at the application level or network routing issue.
  • It also can identify how the source and destination communicate.
  • It can track the network traffic to determine the actually network flow.
Cons
  • I find it's pretty easy to use and have been a fan of it.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's one of the best network tools for our network engineers.

I haven't needed to look further than Wireshark

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 21, 2021
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Wireshark
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We've used Wireshark to investigate and diagnose issues with our VOIP phone system. We were able to capture network traffic in order to troubleshoot/track packet loss that was causing calls to drop. This tool was very effective in allowing us to provide the required information to the provider.
Pros
  • network traffic capture
  • header information
  • supports many protocols
Cons
  • UI/UX experience could be improved
Likelihood to Recommend
I'd always recommend Wireshark to colleagues if they're looking to analyze network traffic. They're a well know, trusted market leader in this space. I'd recommend that they watch a video demo on the product to get a better understanding of how to use it most effectively but if they were to commit some time to explore the product
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