

Various file formats for data analysis supported, output can also be saved to XML, CSV, plain text formats,.Data captured can be compressed & uncompressed on the fly,.Ability to capture packets in real time & save them for later offline analysis,.Support for a hundreds of protocols for inspection,.Wireshark comes with a lot of features & some those features are

Wireshark uses a library called ‘pcap‘ for capturing the network packets.

Wireshark can be used for network troubleshooting, analyzing, software & communication protocol development & also for education purposed. Wireshark also has a command line utility called ‘tshark‘ that performs the same functions as Wireshark but through terminal & not through GUI. Wireshark allows us to monitor the network packets up to microscopic level. It captures network packets in real time & presents them in human readable format. Wireshark is free and open source, cross platform, GUI based Network packet analyzer that is available for Linux, Windows, MacOS, Solaris etc.
