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  2. Packet analyzer - Wikipedia

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    A packet analyzer used for intercepting traffic on wireless networks is known as a wireless analyzer - those designed specifically for Wi-Fi networks are Wi-Fi analyzers. While a packet analyzer can also be referred to as a network analyzer or protocol analyzer these terms can also have other meanings. Protocol analyzer can technically be a ...

  3. Wireshark - Wikipedia

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    Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer.It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. . Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 due to tradema

  4. Internet Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The Internet Protocol is responsible for addressing host interfaces, encapsulating data into datagrams (including fragmentation and reassembly) and routing datagrams from a source host interface to a destination host interface across one or more IP networks. [ 2 ] For these purposes, the Internet Protocol defines the format of packets and ...

  5. Internet - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Internet (or internet) [ a ] is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) [ b ] to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad ...

  6. Deep packet inspection - Wikipedia

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    Singapore. United States (FCC) v. t. e. Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a type of data processing that inspects in detail the data being sent over a computer network, and may take actions such as alerting, blocking, re-routing, or logging it accordingly. Deep packet inspection is often used for baselining application behavior, analyzing network ...

  7. Network packet - Wikipedia

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    Network packet. In telecommunications and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information and user data; [1] the latter is also known as the payload.

  8. Internet Control Message Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The ICMP header starts after the IPv4 header and is identified by its protocol number, 1. [6] All ICMP packets have an eight-byte header and variable-sized data section. The first four bytes of the header have fixed format, while the last four bytes depend on the type and code of the ICMP packet.

  9. Address Resolution Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a communication protocol used for discovering the link layer address, such as a MAC address, associated with a given internet layer address, typically an IPv4 address. This mapping is a critical function in the Internet protocol suite. ARP was defined in 1982 by RFC 826, [1] which is Internet Standard ...