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312-50V10 · Question #254

The network administrator contacts you and tells you that she noticed the temperature on the internal wireless router increases by more than 20% during weekend hours when the office was closed. She as

The correct answer is A. Wireshark. Wireshark is a Free and open source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Incorrect Answers: B: Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses the Common Vulnerabilitie

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The network administrator contacts you and tells you that she noticed the temperature on the internal wireless router increases by more than 20% during weekend hours when the office was closed. She asks you to investigate the issue because she is busy dealing with a big conference and she doesn't have time to perform the task. What tool can you use to view the network traffic being sent and received by the wireless router?

Options

  • AWireshark
  • BNessus
  • CNetcat
  • DNetstat

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • A
    93% (13)
  • B
    7% (1)

Explanation

Wireshark is a Free and open source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Incorrect Answers: B: Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures architecture for easy cross-linking between compliant security tools. C: Netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. D: Netstat provides network statistics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark

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#Wireshark#network traffic analysis#packet capture#wireless monitoring

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