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You're reading from Network Analysis using Wireshark 2 Cookbook Practical recipes to analyze and secure your network using Wireshark 2

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781786461674

Length 626 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Wireshark

Concepts

Network Security

Authors (3):

Nagendra Kumar Nainar

Yoram Orzach

Yogesh Ramdoss

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Wireshark Version 2 FREE CHAPTER

2. Mastering Wireshark for Network Troubleshooting

3. Using Capture Filters

4. Using Display Filters

5. Using Basic Statistics Tools

6. Using Advanced Statistics Tools

7. Using the Expert System

8. Ethernet and LAN Switching

9. Wireless LAN

10. Network Layer Protocols and Operations

11. Transport Layer Protocol Analysis

12. FTP, HTTP/1, and HTTP/2

13. DNS Protocol Analysis

14. Analyzing Mail Protocols

15. NetBIOS and SMB Protocol Analysis

16. Analyzing Enterprise Applications' Behavior

17. Troubleshooting SIP, Multimedia, and IP Telephony

18. Troubleshooting Bandwidth and Delay Issues

19. Security and Network Forensics

Index

Analyzing problems in the NetBIOS/SMB protocols

In this chapter, we will get into some common problems with the NetBIOS suite of protocols, and we will learn how to try and solve them. Since the NetBIOS set of protocols is quite complicated, and there are hundreds of scenarios where things might go wrong, we will try to provide some guidelines for how to look for common problems and what might go wrong.

Getting ready

NetBIOS protocols work in Windows environments, along with macOS and Linux machines communicating with Windows. When facing problems such as instability, slow response times, disconnections, and so on in these environments, NetBIOS issues can be one of the reasons. When facing these problems, the tool for solving them is Wireshark. It will show you what is running over the network, and Windows tools will show you what runs on the clients and servers.