Summary

In this lab I learned how to use wireshark and how to capture my own networks ping requests and replys and find the MAC address for the source and destination of the ping

Lab Questions

How did you find the Ethernet interface to use for Wireshark?

When I launched Wireshark, I clicked on "Wi-Fi" and it started capturing my Ethernet Interface

Did you use any filters to find your ping packets?

Yes, I used the filter "icmp"

Where did you find the MAC addresses within the network packets?

I found the MAC addresses in wireshark by clickin on the Echo (ping) request and replys. I clicked on the ping request/reply and copied down the MAC addresses I saw that were labeled "src" and "dst"

Issues While Doing Lab

One of the main issues I encountered while doing this lab was finding the MAC address on wireshark after I pinged using cmd. I was able to find the Ping request/reply very quickly using the icmp filter, however I wasn't 100% sure I was copying down the right thing. I was especially confused when I pinged 162.241.216.188 and it was the same MAC address as when I pinged my default gateway, which makes me think I am not looking at the right thing, however it's the only thing that made any sort of sense to me to be right. Other than that, all instructions were clear and easy to follow.