What is Wireshark? Wireshark is an open-source free packet sniffer and analysis network troubleshooting tool. It captures network traffic on the local network and stores that data for offline analysis. Wireshark can be set up in software form for local traffic of servers/computers. For network setup, we need to enable a port mirroring solution to send all traffic where the Wireshark terminal is connected as shown in this diagram. Uses of Wireshark (network troubleshooting tool) The uses of Wireshark are: It can be used by network engineers to examine security problems. It is used by network engineers to troubleshoot Read More …