The network administrator contacts you and tells you that she noticed the temperature on the internal wireless
router increases by more than 20% during weekend hours when the office was closed. She asks you to
investigate the issue because she is busy dealing with a big conference and she doesn’t have time to perform
the task.
What tool can you use to view the network traffic being sent and received by the wireless router?
A.
Wireshark
B.
Nessus
C.
Netcat
D.
Netstat
Explanation:
Wireshark is a Free and open source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software
and communications protocol development, and education.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses the Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures architecture for easy cross-linking between compliant security tools.
C: Netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network
connections using TCP or UDP.
D: Netstat provides network statistics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark