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2019-10-14 17:47:09 +0000 commented answer HOW do I use this? What can it do? How do I read/make sense of its output?

I agree with Grahamb, and strongly recommend the sharkfest presentations from YouTube. Just search for SharkFest Wiresh

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2019-06-10 12:57:10 +0000 answered a question Wireshark Itself is Lagging After only 5 Minutes

How much traffic are you capturing? Is it better if you apply the filter before capturing?

2019-05-21 16:17:52 +0000 answered a question Diameter packet shows as tcp

I think you need to turn off TCP reassemble when the Diameter message spans multiple TCP segments. In your preference f

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2019-05-20 18:36:02 +0000 marked best answer Does the PSH bit force client to ack

Hi All,

First off, thank you to the awesome community. I have just started my packet analysis journey, and have become quite addicted.

My question is if the server/client sends 1 packet with the push bit set, would this cause the receiver to ack even though 2 packets were not sent? I have seen/read many times that the rule of TCP is ack every other packet, but occasionally in a capture I am looking at the sender will set the psh bit after sending only 1 packet, and the receiver will ack immediately (empty ack). What confuses me is the receiver will then immediately send another packet with data. Wouldn't the rule of TCP prevent an empty ack since only 1 packet was sent, and since the client is sending data, wouldn't it just piggy back off the first ack rather than send an empty ack, then send data?

Thank you, and please let me know if I am not making sense. I will attempt to clarify.

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2019-05-20 18:31:01 +0000 commented answer Does the PSH bit force client to ack

Thank you for the answer. So really the psh bit is send now (don't buffer), it does not solicit an immediate ack. Ack

2019-05-20 18:09:11 +0000 asked a question Does the PSH bit force client to ack

Does the PSH bit force client to ack Hi All, First off, thank you to the awesome community. I have just started my pac