TCP: Wireshark
Steps to follow:
- Start up your web browser. Go the http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wiresharklabs/alice.txt and
retrieve an ASCII copy of Alice in Wonderland. Store this file somewhere on your computer.
- Next go to http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/TCP-wireshark-file1.html.
- Use the Browse button in this form to enter the name of the file (full path name) on your
computer containing Alice in Wonderland (or do so manually). Don’t yet press the “Upload
alice.txt file” button.
- Now start up Wireshark and begin packet capture (Capture->Start) and then press OK on
the Wireshark Packet Capture Options screen (we’ll not need to select any options here).
- Returning to your browser, press the “Upload alice.txt file” button to upload the file to the
gaia.cs.umass.edu server. Once the file has been uploaded, a short congratulations
message will be displayed in your browser window.
- Stop Wireshark packet capture. Your Wireshark window should look similar to the window
shown below.

Questions about the capture:
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?
La IP es 192.168.1.9
El puerto es 34594
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.1.9, Dst: 128.119.245.12
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 34594, Dst Port: 80, Seq: 0, Len: 0
2) What is the IP address of gaia.cs.umass.edu? On what port number is it sending and
receiving TCP segments for this connection?
La IP es 128.119.245.12
El puerto es 80
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 128.119.245.12, Dst: 192.168.1.9
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 80, Dst Port: 34594, Seq: 0, Ack: 1, Len: 0