Hands-On Project 2-1: Installing the Wireshark Protocol Analyzer
Objective: Download and install Wireshark.
Description: You access the Wireshark Web site, and then download and install Wireshark on both the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 computers.
1. Log on to Windows 7 with an administrative account. Log on to Windows Server 2008 with an administrative account. On both systems, complete the following steps.
2. Start your Web browser, and go to www.wireshark.org/download.html.
3. Click the appropriate Windows Installer link, depending on whether you are using a 32- bit or 64-bit operating system. If the Internet Explorer warning appears about trusted sites, click Add, click Add again, click Close, and then click the Windows Installer link again.
4. In the download window, click Run. In the next window, click Run again. In the Welcome window, click Next. In the License Agreement window, click I Agree. In the Choose Components window, click Next. In the Select Additional Tasks window, click the box next to Desktop Icon, and click Next. In the Choose Install Location window, click Next.
5. Wireshark requires WinPcap. If you completed the Hands-On Projects in Chapter 1, WinPcap is already installed on Windows Server 2008, so you can click Install and skip to Step 6. If you did not complete the Chapter 1 Hands-On Projects on Windows Server 2008, or if you are on the Windows 7 system, complete the rest of this step. Verify that the box next to Install WinPcap is checked, and click Install. In the WinPcap window, click Next. In the Welcome to the WinPcap Setup Wizard, click Next. Click I Agree and click Install. Click Finish.
6. In the Installation Complete window, click Next. In the Completing the Wireshark Setup Wizard, click Finish.
7. Leave the systems logged on for the next Hands-On Project.