This Wireshark test evaluates candidate knowledge and skills to effectively and efficiently use Wireshark to analyse networks while identifying issues for troubleshooting, performance improvement, security enhancement, and capacity planning.

Wireshark is open-source packet-analyser software. It uses pcap to capture packets, running on Linux, MacOS, Windows, and other popular operating systems.

This Wireshark test evaluates candidates’ practical skills using the software to capture network traffic and perform analyses to identify issues.

This test features real-world scenarios (including software screenshots) that place the test taker in the role of a Wireshark user.

Practical skills covered in this test include:

- Setting up Wireshark

- Proficiency in the GUI and CLI interfaces of Wireshark

- Capturing and filtering network analysis

- Reconstructing data types based on captured data