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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

IPv6 auto configuration

One of the primary benefits associated with IPv6 is its ability to autoconfigure the interface address. This ability allows IPv6 enabled devices to act in plug-and-play mode.

Getting ready

When the end host using IPv6 auto configuration is not working properly, the first thing to do is to ensure that the link-local address is auto configured properly. This can be verified by checking the interface address configuration. In Unix/Linux devices, ifconfig -a will list the IPv6 addresses configured on the interface. If you don't see anything, the IPv6 stack on the host might have some issues. If you see an IPv6 link-local address, the next step is to capture the packet using Wireshark and see whether the router solicitation and advertisement messages are exchanged.