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The cheat sheet covers:
- Wireshark Capturing Modes
- Filter Types
- Capture Filter Syntax
- Display Filter Syntax
- Protocols – Values
- Filtering packets (Display Filters)
- Logical Operators
- Default columns in a packet capture output
- Miscellaneous Items
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Common Filtering Commands
- Main Toolbar Items
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Wireshark Capturing Modes
Wireshark Capturing Modes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Promiscuous mode | Sets interface to capture all packets on a network segment to which it is associated to | |||||||||||
Monitor mode | setup the Wireless interface to capture all traffic it can receive (Unix/Linux only) | |||||||||||
Filter Types
Filter Types | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Capture filter | Filter packets during capture | ||||
Display Filter | Hide Packets from a capture display | ||||
Capture Filter Syntax
Capture filter Syntax | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Syntax | protocol | direction | hosts | value | Logical operator | Expressions | |||||||||||||
Example | tcp | src | 192.168.1.1 | 80 | and | tcp dst 202.164.30.1 | |||||||||||||
Display Filter Syntax
Display Filter Syntax | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Syntax | protocol | String 1 | String 2 | Comparison Operator | value | logical operator | Expressions | ||||||||||||
Example | http | dest | ip | == | 192.168.1.1 | and | tcp port | ||||||||||||
Protocols – Values
Protocols - Values | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ether, fddi, ip, arp, rarp, decnet, lat, sca, moprc, mopdl, tcp and udp |
Filtering packets (Display Filters)
Filtering packets (Display Filters) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator | Description | Example | |||||
eq or == | Equal | ip.dest == 192.168.1.1 | |||||
ne or != | Not Equal | ip.dest != 192.168.1.1 | |||||
gt or > | Greater than | frame.len > 10 | |||||
lt or < | Less than | frame.len <10 | |||||
ge or >= | Greater than or Equal | frame.len >= 10 | |||||
le or <= | Less than or Equal | frame.len<=10 | |||||
Miscellaneous Items
Miscellaneous | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slice Operator | […] - Range of values | ||||||
Membership Operator | {} - In | ||||||
CTRL+E - | Start/Stop Capturing | ||||||
Logical Operators
Logical Operators | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator | Description | Example | ||||||||
and or && | Logical AND | All the conditions should match | ||||||||
or or || | Logical OR | Either all or one of the condition should match | ||||||||
xor or ^^ | Logical XOR | exclusive alternation – Only one of the two conditions should match not both | ||||||||
not or ! | NOT(Negation) | Not equal to | ||||||||
[n] […] | Substring operator | Filter a specific word or text | ||||||||
Default columns in a packet capture output
Default columns in a packet capture output | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Frame number from the beginning of the packet capture | ||||||
Time | Seconds from the first frame | ||||||
Source (src) | Source address, commonly an IPv4, IPv6 or Ethernet address | ||||||
Destination (dst) | Destination address | ||||||
Protocol | Protocol used in the Ethernet frame, IP packet, or TCP segment | ||||||
Length | Length of the frame in bytes | ||||||
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts – main display window | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accelerator | Description | Accelerator | Description | ||||||||||||||||
Tab or Shift+Tab | Move between screen elements, e.g. from the toolbars to the packet list to the packet detail. | Alt+→ or Option+→ | Move to the next packet in the selection history. | ||||||||||||||||
↓ | Move to the next packet or detail item. | → | In the packet detail, opens the selected tree item. | ||||||||||||||||
↑ | Move to the previous packet or detail item. | Shift+→ | In the packet detail, opens the selected tree item and all of its subtrees. | ||||||||||||||||
Ctrl+ ↓ or F8 | Move to the next packet, even if the packet list isn’t focused. | Ctrl+→ | In the packet detail, opens all tree items. | ||||||||||||||||
Ctrl+ ↑ or F7 | Move to the previous packet, even if the packet list isn’t focused. | Ctrl+← | In the packet detail, closes all tree items. | ||||||||||||||||
Ctrl+. | Move to the next packet of the conversation (TCP, UDP or IP). | Backspace | In the packet detail, jumps to the parent node. | ||||||||||||||||
Ctrl+, | Move to the previous packet of the conversation (TCP, UDP or IP). | Return or Enter | In the packet detail, toggles the selected tree item. | ||||||||||||||||
Common Filtering Commands
Common Filtering commands | |
|---|---|
Usage | Filter syntax |
Wireshark Filter by IP | ip.addr == 10.10.50.1 |
Filter by Destination IP | ip.dest == 10.10.50.1 |
Filter by Source IP | ip.src == 10.10.50.1 |
Filter by IP range | ip.addr >= 10.10.50.1 and ip.addr <= 10.10.50.100 |
Filter by Multiple Ips | ip.addr == 10.10.50.1 and ip.addr == 10.10.50.100 |
Filter out IP address | !(ip.addr == 10.10.50.1) |
Filter subnet | ip.addr == 10.10.50.1/24 |
Filter by port | tcp.port == 25 |
Filter by destination port | tcp.dstport == 23 |
Filter by ip address and port | ip.addr == 10.10.50.1 and Tcp.port == 25 |
Filter by URL | http.host == “host name” |
Filter by time stamp | frame.time >= “June 02, 2019 18:04:00” |
Filter SYN flag | tcp.flags.syn == 1 |
tcp.flags.syn == 1 and tcp.flags.ack == 0 | |
Wireshark Beacon Filter | wlan.fc.type_subtype = 0x08 |
Wireshark broadcast filter | eth.dst == ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff |
WiresharkMulticast filter | (eth.dst[0] & 1) |
Host name filter | ip.host = hostname |
MAC address filter | eth.addr == 00:70:f4:23:18:c4 |
RST flag filter | tcp.flags.reset == 1 |
Main Toolbar Items
Main toolbar items | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Toolbar Icon | Toolbar Item | Menu Item | Description |
 | Start | Capture → Start | Uses the same packet capturing options as the previous session, or uses defaults if no options were set |
 | Stop | Capture → Stop | Stops currently active capture |
 | Restart | Capture → Restart | Restarts active capture session |
 | Options… | Capture → Options… | Opens “Capture Options” dialog box |
 | Open… | File → Open… | Opens "File open" dialog box to load a capture for viewing |
 | Save As… | File → Save As… | Save current capture file |
 | Close | File → Close | Close current capture file |
 | Reload | View → Reload | Reloads current capture file |
 | Find Packet… | Edit → Find Packet… | Find packet based on different criteria |
 | Go Back | Go → Go Back | Jump back in the packet history |
 | Go Forward | Go → Go Forward | Jump forward in the packet history |
 | Go to Packet… | Go → Go to Packet… | Go to specific packet |
 | Go To First Packet | Go → First Packet | Jump to first packet of the capture file |
 | Go To Last Packet | Go → Last Packet | Jump to last packet of the capture file |
 | Auto Scroll in Live Capture | View → Auto Scroll in Live Capture | Auto scroll packet list during live capture |
 | Colorize | View → Colorize | Colorize the packet list (or not) |
 | Zoom In | View → Zoom In | Zoom into the packet data (increase the font size) |
 | Zoom Out | View → Zoom Out | Zoom out of the packet data (decrease the font size) |
 | Normal Size | View → Normal Size | Set zoom level back to 100% |
 | Resize Columns | View → Resize Columns | Resize columns, so the content fits to the width |
