Lab4aa Wireshark
Lab4aa Wireshark
1. What is the IP address and TCP port number used by the client computer
(source) that is transferring the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? To answer this question,
it’s probably easiest to select an HTTP message and explore the details of the TCP
packet used to carry this HTTP message, using the “details of the selected packet
header window” (refer to Figure 2 in the “Getting Started with Wireshark” Lab if
you’re uncertain about the Wireshark windows.
The source IP address was 192.168.0.199 using source port 62904.
4. What is the sequence number of the TCP SYN segment that is used to initiate
the TCP connection between the client computer and gaia.cs.umass.edu? What is
it in the segment that identifies the segment as a SYN segment?
The sequence number of the segment used to initiate the TCP connection is
0. There is a SYN flag indicating that it is a SYN segment.
10. Are there any retransmitted segments in the trace file? What did you check for
(in the trace) in order to answer this question?
Yes, there is one. I find out in Wireshark’s "Expert Information" (found under
Analyze > Expert Information) can show any retransmission events in the trace,
along with other possible TCP issues.
11. How much data does the receiver typically acknowledge in an ACK? Can you
identify cases where the receiver is ACKing every other received segment (see
Table 3.2 on page 247 in the text).
The receiver is typically acking 1452 bytes. There seems to be no case where the
receiver acks every other segment.
12. What is the throughput (bytes transferred per unit time) for the TCP
connection? Explain how you calculated this value.
First, I find the total amount of data transferred in the connection by locating
the first and last packets in the TCP stream. This is the difference between the
last sequence number (indicating the total bytes sent) and the initial sequence
number. Then I find The difference between these timestamps of the first packet
and the last one, gives the duration of the connection in seconds.:
𝐵𝑦𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 115489
𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡 = = = 98708(𝑏𝑝𝑠)
𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 1.17
TCP Congestion Control In Action
The TCP slowstart phase begins at just above seq number 500, and ends just
before sequence number 7500. Congestion avoidance takes over at 7500.