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CMIT 350 Week 2 Discussion

Dissecting Switching Protocols in Wireshark

Download and install Wireshark. Alternatively, you may use https://www.cloudshark.org/ (you may need to create an account).

Open up the Switches packet capture (.pcap) file. Compare and contrast the SWITCH, ARP, and VLAN protocols seen in the .pcap.

• What does ARP primarily do on the network? How is this related to switches?
• What are some of the VLAN ID’s found in the .pcap?
• Examine the STP traffic. What are some of the priorities associated with the root bridges?
• What packet number did you find that information in?