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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] This log doesn't seem right (newbie question)

From: "Sean Baker" <sbaker48@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:52:33 -0400
I am new to using Ethereal/Wireshark, and I am trying to evaluate a TFTP transfer that is taking place over a mesh connection. I have a capture from each side of the transfer, and I have pasted the first few blocks from each below.
I am trying to figure out, is there something wrong in the transfer, or in my capture, or is nothing wrong at all and this somehow makes sense. I used Ethereal 0.99.0 to take the capture (I only just now figured out the name change)


On the sending machine:

10 0.020317  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Write Request, File: test.dat, Transfer type: octet
11 0.020343  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Write Request, File: test.dat, Transfer type: octet
13 0.035808  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 0
14 0.043239  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 1
15 0.043337  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 1
16 0.054922  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 1
17 0.074384  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 2
18 0.074478  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 2
19 0.086024  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 2
20 0.131180  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 3
21 0.131295  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 3
22 0.142934  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 3
23 0.152583  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 4
24 0.152693  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 4
25 0.164278  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 4
...

Summary:
    Bytes: 3282764
    Avg. bytes/sec: 67510.174
    Avg. MBit/sec: 0.540

========

On the receiving machine:

11 7.662706  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Write Request, File: test.dat, Transfer type: octet
12 7.664711  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 0
13 7.664737  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 0
14 7.684252  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 1
15 7.684324  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 1
16 7.684335  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 1
17 7.715359  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 2
18 7.715415  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 2
19 7.715426  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 2
20 7.772210  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 3
21 7.772330  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 3
22 7.772347  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 3
23 7.793593  10.161.132.1     10.162.85.1      TFTP   Data Packet, Block: 4
24 7.793682  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 4
25 7.793698  10.162.85.1      10.161.132.1     TFTP   Acknowledgement, Block: 4
...

Summary:
    Bytes: 1745089
    Avg. bytes/sec: 35897.661
    Avg. MBit/sec: 0.287


Thanks for any advice,
--Sean