This Assignment makes use of Wireshark, which you were introduced to in Week 6. You will use Wireshark to explore and better understand the details of two important transport layer protocols: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
To prepare:
Download the directions for both of this week’s Wireshark Labs.
The directions are provided in the Student Resources section of the textbook’s companion website, which you can find in this week’s Resources area.
Click on the Wireshark Labs link from the Student Resources area of the website.
A list of Wireshark Labs should appear for download.
Download the TCP and UDP Wireshark Labs.
By Day 7, submit a paper, in which you do the following:
Perform the steps documented in the Wireshark Lab directions. The directions will include questions that you are to answer and steps you will take to capture screenshots of the Wireshark display (or by printing the displayed contents to a PDF document).
Prepare a Word document that contains your answers to the questions, as well as your screenshots. Once you have completed your Assignment, create a zip archive that contains any PDF documents produced by printing information from within Wireshark. You will also submit your Word document separately.