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To find network latency in Wireshark, you can analyze packet timestamps to measure

the time it takes for data to travel between two points. Here's how to do it:
Steps to Measure Latency in Wireshark:
1. Capture the Network Traffic

Open Wireshark and start a packet capture on the network interface you're
interested in.
Once you've captured some traffic, you can filter it to focus on the specific
communication you want to analyze (for example, between two hosts).

2. Set a Display Filter (Optional)

To narrow down the results, apply a display filter to see only the relevant
packets.
For example, if you are interested in TCP traffic between two hosts:

ip.addr == x.x.x.x && tcp

Replace x.x.x.x with the IP addresses of the sender or receiver.

3. Identify Request and Response Pairs

Look for request-response pairs that allow you to measure the round-trip time.
For example, you can use TCP SYN and SYN/ACK packets for measuring latency
in a TCP handshake.
For application-level protocols (like HTTP or DNS), you can measure the
time between a request and the corresponding response.

4. Calculate Latency (Round-Trip Time or RTT)

Find the Time column in Wireshark. This column displays the timestamp when each
packet was captured.
To measure RTT (Round-Trip Time):
Find a request packet (e.g., TCP SYN or an HTTP GET).
Find the corresponding response packet (e.g., TCP SYN/ACK or HTTP 200 OK).
Subtract the timestamp of the request from the timestamp of the response.
Example:
If a DNS query packet has a timestamp of 0.001 seconds, and the response
packet has a timestamp of 0.005 seconds, the latency is 0.005 - 0.001 = 0.004
seconds (4 ms).

5. Use Wireshark's Built-in Tools

Wireshark provides additional tools to help measure latency:


TCP Stream Graphs: For TCP traffic, go to Statistics > TCP Stream Graphs >
Round Trip Time Graph. This will show a visual representation of RTT over time.
Expert Information: Go to Analyze > Expert Information to get insights into
delays and network performance issues.

Latency Measurements by Protocol:

TCP: Measure the time between the SYN packet and the SYN/ACK packet for the
handshake or the time between a data packet and its ACK.
ICMP (Ping): Measure the time between an ICMP Echo Request and the ICMP Echo
Reply.
DNS: Measure the time between a DNS Query and the DNS Response.

By following these steps, you should be able to measure network latency for
different types of traffic in Wireshark.

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