 CellStream, Inc. – Telecom Consulting and Training! |
2-Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery Minimum 10 students – Maximum 16 students |
What Students are saying about this class:
- “Instructor presents everything very clearly and enthusiastically”
- “Like how the instructor periodically comes back to the same core concepts to reinforce them”
- “The best part was learning about all of the most useful features and tools in Wireshark, and the hands on exercises in the lab were particularly good at highlighting how to get the most out of the tool. Also Andy Walding is and EXCELLENT instructor he did an excellent job of covering the most important aspects of the tools and protocols and he has a very deep understanding of the subject material.”
- “The Online School is a great resource, I’m glad to know that this school exists!”
Course Description:
Knowing the fundamentals of the Wireshark® application and how to diagnose/troubleshoot Voice over IP networks is vital to anyone who is in the networking field today. This insightful and revealing course has been designed to focus on the layered model approach to analyze the world of Voice over IP Networking.
The course is a combination of knowledge training, systems analysis, with hands-on exercises using the Wireshark™ application, backed by CellStream’s experience in voice and data networking over the last 25 years, revealing the details and capabilities in a swift, comprehensive, and understandable way.
- “What is Wireshark and why it matters?”
- “What must I know about troubleshooting Voice over IP with Wireshark that will impact my network?”
- “How does using trace analysis in Wireshark help me as voice communications are transported in IP?”
- “How do I maximize my network performance and understand VoIP networking?”
Course Objectives:
The objectives of the course are to develop a “hands-on” skill set targeted at using Wireshark to analyze Voice over IP in the following key areas:
- SIP and SDP protocols
- RTP and RTCP protocols
- Properly configuring Wireshark for VoIP analysis and troubleshooting
- Master the Wireshark application as it pertains to VoIP calls, using the layered networking model as a framework of understanding, and voice packet dissection/analysis.
Audience:
The target audience for this course is anyone in Internet Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Test, Customer Support, Technical Marketing, that requires a solid and complete understanding of the fundamental operations of Wireshark, and its support of VoIP analysis, that can be applied to their job function.
Ideal candidates are:
- Sales and Technical Marketing professionals that deal with VoIP
- Central Office and Field Technicians needing to capture and analyze VoIP
- Operations individuals that will provide network configuration and support services
- Network Design Engineers that need to understand Wireshark as a voice trouble analysis tool
- Technical sales individuals that must be able to correlate features with functionality
- Technical marketing individuals that want more than just a basic understanding of Wireshark and VoIP
- Network Administrators
Student Comments
“[The instructor] explains things in a way that any of us can understand.”
“Seeing scenarios first hand. Knowing where to look.”
“Like that it is all hands on and not just talking and slideshows.”
Course Prerequisites:
This course is designed to appeal to anyone needing the skills and knowledge to use Wireshark. The ideal student will have some experience in voice networking and operations, however no prior knowledge is necessary.
All students must attend with a lap-top computer running Windows, MAC OSX, or Linux operating systems.
If the course is held at a classroom where computers are available, the Lap-top computer may not be required.
Class size is limited to 24 students.
Course Materials:
Students will be provided with a PDF Course Student Guide. Also, access to analysis captures will be provided via the Online School of Network Sciences.
Related Content:
This course should be preceded with either the Hands On TCP/IP Fundamentals, Hands On TCP/IP and Ethernet Fundamentals, or one of the IP Routing/Addressing 101 courses.
We offer a number of different Wireshark courses, with a focus on different use cases:
- The basic Standard Edition Wireshark course taught in 2 days
- The basic Standard Edition Wireshark course taught in 3 days
- The Data Center Edition Wireshark course
- The Wireless Edition Wireshark course
- The Voice Edition Wireshark course
- The One Day Advanced Hackathon Wireshark course
Course Outline:
Section 1: Course Introduction and Logistics
Section 2: Defining Voice over IP
- Functions of POTS/TDM Network Elements
- VoIP Components and Functions
- Convergence of Voice and Data – the protocol stack
- Definition and Challenges of VoIP
- How Wireshark supports packet voice
- Scanning for VoIP Calls
- The VoIP Data Plane
- The VoIP Control Plane
Section 3: Introduction to the Wireshark Application
- LAB 1: Installation/Upgrade of Wireshark®
- Overview of the Wireshark Tool, Tool Bar, user interface
- The Wireshark Expert
- LAB 2: Basic Capture Lab
- Wireshark File Operations and Ring Buffers
- LAB 3: Saving and Loading Trace Files
- Capture Filters procedures and methods
- LAB 4: Wireshark Capture Filter Lab
- Display Filters procedures and methods
- LAB 5: Wireshark Display Filter Lab
- Marking and Ignoring Packets
Section 4: Customizing Wireshark for Voice
- Editing program and protocol preferences
- Viewing and editing coloring rules
- Viewing and Editing Configuration Profiles
- LAB 6: Creating an initial Voice Profile for Wireshark
Section 5: Analyzing the VoIP Control Plane
- Defining what signaling in VoIP must accomplish and DTMF
- Session Initiation Protocol defined
- SIP Addressing and components
- SIP Presence
- SIP Message Types and Operation
- SIP Log review
- LAB 7: Examining the SIP process in Wireshark
- Session Description Protocol
- SDP Session and Media Types
- SDP Log Review
- LAB 8: Examining the SIP process in Wireshark
Section 6: Analyzing the VoIP Data Plane
- Defining what the data plane in VoIP must accomplish
- Debrief on Speech CODECS
- Encoding voice into packets
- Real Time Protocol (RTP) Functions and dissection
- Source Identifiers in RTP
- Payload Types
- LAB 9: Examining RTP protocol in Wireshark
- Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) Functions and dissection
- RTCP Sender Reports and other types of packets
- LAB 10: Examining the RTCP protocol in Wireshark
Section 7: Media Gateways
- Defining the purpose of the Gateway function
- Gateway Protocol Types
- MGCP at a glance
- Primary MGCP commands
- MGCP Operational Basics and reference information
- Session Border Controllers and their functions
- LAB11: MGCP Protocol analysis in Wireshark
Section 8: Packet Voice Performance
- Packet Voice quality elements
- Primary Factors that impact VoIP
- VoIP Benchmarks
- QoS Defined and the fundamental tools
- Packet Classification
- Class Selectors and Codepoints
- VLAN QoS Marking
- Echo defined and analyzed
- LAB 12: VoIP QoS Experiment and configuration
- VoIP Diagnostic Reference
- Example Problems
Course Availability:
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