AN-283 Wireshark Ethernet monitor

AN-283 Wireshark Ethernet monitor

Ethernet can carry many types of telegram. When connecting a system together, it is often necessary to monitor the telegram traffic and see how the available bandwidth is being used. This is especially true when a real-time automation system is using Ethernet for part of its real-time functionality.
Effects such as collisions, re-tries, acknowledge and handshake cycles all have an effect on the overall performance of the network.
This document describes how to set up an Ethernet Monitor using the free-to-download package “WireShark”.


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