Knowledge Base
Wireshark is a lively Open Source software which is continuously refined. Find out more about Wireshark in our specials, newsletters and press releases. They also inform you on new or refined functions which are especially helpful, and how they are applied best.
Presentations and Knowledge Papers
Analyzing WLANs with Wireshark & AirPcap (PDF, 3.0MB)
Presented by Rolf Leutert
on the occasion of SHARKFEST '09 in June 2009
Inside 802.11n (PDF, 1.6MB)
"Technical Details About the New WLAN Standard"
presented by Rolf Leutert
on the occasion of CISCO PSE Day in March 2009
Analysing WLAN 802.11n MIMO with AirPcap N (PDF, 2.8MB)
Presented by Rolf Leutert
on the occasion of SHARKFEST '08 in April 2008
Wireless Sniffer (PDF, 3.3MB)
Presented by Rolf Leutert
on the occasion of CISCO PSE Day in March 2007
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Newsletter Archive
Newsletter of August 2011 (PDF, 1'484kB, in German)
Topics: RIVERBED takes over Sponsorship of Wireshark, WIRESHARK Versions 1.2.7 to 1.6.1, Wireshark Certified Network Analyst (WCNA), Discovering IPv6 with Wireshark.
Newsletter of March 2010 (PDF, 658kB, in German)
Topics: WIRESHARK Versions 1.2.2 / 1.2.3 / 1.2.4/ 1.2.5/ 1.2.6; Shark Appliance, distributed gigabit analysis with Wireshark and Pilot; How to use the Wireshark Expert System for troubleshooting.
Newsletter of July 2009 (PDF, 1'112kB, in German)
Topics: Sharkfest '09, Wireshark Versions 1.0.6 / 1.0.7 / 1.0.8/ 1.2.1; WiFi PILOT addendum to the display of VLAN Tags with Wireshark.
Newsletter of January 2009 (PDF, 689kB, in German)
Topics: Wireshark Versions 1.0.3 / 1.0.4 /1.0.5; PILOT Versions 1.1 and 1.2; AirPcap NX; Wi-Spy DBx; Display of VLAN Tags with Wireshark.
Newsletter of July 2008 (PDF, 400kB, in German)
Topics: Wireshark Versions 1.0.1 und 1.0.2; PILOT Software for statistics and reporting.
Newsletter of April 2008 (PDF, 410kB, in German)
Topics: Wireshark Version 1.0.0; Special edition SHARKFEST '08 in Los Altos, California.
Newsletter of March 2008 (PDF, 250kB, in German)
Topics: Wireshark Version 0.99.8; New function "Configuration Profiles", newly decoded protocols, WLAN Traffic, Coloring Rules.
Newsletter of January 2008 (PDF, 400kB, in German)
Topics: Wireshark Version 0.99.7; functions "IO Graphs" and "Follow UDP-Stream", Coloring Rules, newly decoded protocols, SHARKFEST '08 Agenda