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Lab - Use Wireshark to View Network Traffic
Topology
Objectives
Part 1: Capture and Analyze Local ICMP Data in Wireshark
Part 2: Capture and Analyze Remote ICMP Data in Wireshark
Background / Scenario
Wireshark is a software protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer" application, used for network troubleshooting,
analysis, software and protocol development, and education. As data streams travel back and forth over the
network, the sniffer "captures" each protocol data unit (PDU) and can decode and analyze its content
according to the appropriate RFC or other specifications.
Wireshark is a useful tool for anyone working with networks and can be used with most labs in the CCNA
courses for data analysis and troubleshooting. In this lab, you will use Wireshark to capture ICMP data packet
IP addresses and Ethernet frame MAC addresses.
Required Resources
•
1 PC (Windows with internet access)
•
Additional PCs on a local-area network (LAN) will be used to reply to ping requests.
Using a packet sniffer such as Wireshark may be considered a breach of the security policy of the school. It is
recommended that permission be obtained before running Wireshark for this lab. If using a packet sniffer such
as Wireshark is an issue, the instructor may wish to assign the lab as homework or perform a walk-through
demonstration.
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Instructions Part 1: Capture and Analyze Local ICMP Data in Wireshark
In Part 1 of this lab, you will ping another PC on the LAN and capture ICMP requests and replies in
Wireshark. You will also look inside the frames captured for specific information. This analysis should help to
clarify how packet headers are used to transport data to their destination.
Step 1: Retrieve your PC interface addresses.
For this lab, you will need to retrieve your PC IP address and its network interface card (NIC) physical
address, also called the MAC address.
Open a Windows command prompt.
a. In a command prompt window, enter
ipconfig /all
, to the IP address of your PC interface, its description,
and its MAC (physical) address.
C:\Users\Student>
ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-NB48BTC
Primary Dns Suffix
. . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix
. :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :00-26-B9-DD-00-91
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d809:d939:110f:1b7f%20(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.147(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
<output omitted>
b. Ask a team member or team members for their PC IP address and provide your PC IP address to them.
Do not provide them with your MAC address at this time.
24.131.15.176
Close a Windows Command Prompt.
Step 2: Start Wireshark and begin capturing data.
a.
Navigate to Wireshark. Double-click the desired interface to start the packet capture. Make sure the
desired interface has traffic.
b.
Information will start scrolling down the top section in Wireshark. The data lines will appear in different
colors based on protocol.
This information can scroll by very quickly depending on what communication is taking place between
your PC and the LAN. We can apply a filter to make it easier to view and work with the data that is being
captured by Wireshark.
For this lab, we are only interested in displaying ICMP (ping) PDUs. Type
icmp
in the
Filter
box at the top
of Wireshark and press
Enter,
or click the
Apply
button (arrow sign) to view only ICMP (ping) PDUs.
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c.
This filter causes all data in the top window to disappear, but you are still capturing the traffic on the
interface. Navigate to a command prompt window and ping the IP address that you received from your
team member.
C:\>
ping 192.168.1.114
Pinging 192.168.1.114 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.114: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.114: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.114: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.114: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.114:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-
seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Notice that you start seeing data appear in the top window of Wireshark again.
Note
: If the PC of your team member does not reply to your pings, this may be because the PC firewall of
the team member is blocking these requests. Please see Appendix A: Allowing ICMP Traffic Through a
Firewall for information on how to allow ICMP traffic through the firewall using Windows.
d. Stop capturing data by clicking the
Stop Capture
icon.
Step 3: Examine the captured data.
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In Step 3, examine the data that was generated by the ping requests of your team member PC. Wireshark
data is displayed in three sections: 1) The top section displays the list of PDU frames captured with a
summary of the IP packet information listed; 2) the middle section lists PDU information for the frame selected
in the top part of the screen and separates a captured PDU frame by its protocol layers; and 3) the bottom
section displays the raw data of each layer. The raw data is displayed in both hexadecimal and decimal form.
a. Click the first ICMP request PDU frames in the top section of Wireshark. Notice that the
Source
column
has your PC IP address, and the
Destination
column contains the IP address of the teammate PC that you
pinged.
b. With this PDU frame still selected in the top section, navigate to the middle section. Click the plus sign to
the left of the Ethernet II row to view the destination and source MAC addresses.
Questions:
Does the source MAC address match your PC interface?
Yes
Does the destination MAC address in Wireshark match your team member MAC address?
No
How is the MAC address of the pinged PC obtained by your PC?
ARP request
Note
: In the preceding example of a captured ICMP request, ICMP data is encapsulated inside an IPv4
packet PDU (IPv4 header) which is then encapsulated in an Ethernet II frame PDU (Ethernet II header)
for transmission on the LAN.
Part 2: Capture and Analyze Remote ICMP Data in Wireshark
In Part 2, you will ping remote hosts (hosts not on the LAN) and examine the generated data from those
pings. You will then determine what is different about this data from the data examined in Part 1.
Step 1: Start capturing data on the interface.
a.
Start the data capture again.
b.
A window prompts you to save the previously captured data before starting another capture. It is not
necessary to save this data. Click
Continue without Saving
.
c.
With the capture active, ping the following three website URLs from a Windows command prompt:
Open a Windows command prompt
1)
www.yahoo.com
2)
www.cisco.com
3)
www.google.com
Note
: When you ping the URLs listed, notice that the Domain Name Server (DNS) translates the URL to
an IP address. Note the IP address received for each URL.
d.
You can stop capturing data by clicking the
Stop Capture
icon.
Step 2: Examining and analyzing the data from the remote hosts.
Review the captured data in Wireshark and examine the IP and MAC addresses of the three locations that
you pinged. List the destination IP and MAC addresses for all three locations in the space provided.
Questions:
IP address for
www.yahoo.com
:
74.6.231.20
MAC address for
www.yahoo.com
:
10:b3:d5:37:85:3f
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IP address for
www.cisco.com
:
104.70.57.132
MAC address for
www.cisco.com
:
10:b3:d5:37:85:3f
IP address for
www.google.com
:
172.253.115.94
MAC address for
www.google.com
:
10:b3:d5:37:85:3f
What is significant about this information?
The mac address are all the same
How does this information differ from the local ping information you received in Part 1?
A ping to a local host returns the MAC address of the PC NIC. A ping to a remote host returns the
MAC address of the default gateway LAN interface.
Close the Windows command prompt
Reflection Question
Why does Wireshark show the actual MAC address of the local hosts, but not the actual MAC address for the
remote hosts?
MAC addresses for remote hosts are not known on the local network, so the MAC address of the
default gateway is used.
Appendix A: Allowing ICMP Traffic Through a Firewall
If the members of your team are unable to ping your PC, the firewall may be blocking those requests. This
appendix describes how to create a rule in the firewall to allow ping requests. It also describes how to disable
the new ICMP rule after you have completed the lab.
Part 1: Create a new inbound rule allowing ICMP traffic through the firewall.
a.
Navigate to the
Control Panel
and click the
System and Security
option in the Category view.
b.
In the
System and Security
window, click
Windows Defender Firewall
or
Windows Firewall
.
c.
In the left pane of the
Windows Defender Firewall
or
Windows Firewall
window, click
Advanced
settings
.
d.
On the
Advanced Security
window, click the
Inbound Rules
option on the left sidebar and then click
New Rule…
on the right sidebar.
e.
This launches the
New Inbound Rule
wizard. On the
Rule Type
screen, click the
Custom
radio button
and click
Next
.
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f.
In the left pane, click the
Protocol and Ports
option and using the
Protocol Type
drop-down menu,
select
ICMPv4
, and then click
Next
.
g.
Verify that
Any IP address
for both the local and remote IP addresses are selected. Click
Next
to
continue.
h.
Select
Allow the connection
. Click
Next
to continue.
i.
By default, this rule applies to all the profiles. Click
Next
to continue.
j.
Name the rule with
Allow ICMP Requests
. Click
Finish
to continue. This new rule should allow your
team members to receive ping replies from your PC.
Part 2: Disabling or deleting the new ICMP rule.
After the lab is complete, you may want to disable or even delete the new rule you created in Step 1. Using
the
Disable Rule
option allows you to enable the rule again at a later date. Deleting the rule permanently
deletes it from the list of inbound rules.
a.
On the
Advanced Security
window, click
Inbound Rules
in the left pane and then locate the rule you
created previously.
b.
Right-click the ICMP rule and select
Disable Rule
if so desired. You may also select
Delete
if you want to
permanently delete it. If you choose this option, you must re-create the rule again to allow ICMP replies.
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