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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Betr: Wireshark Window Size

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:24:22 +0200
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:30:58 -0400
>From: "eric ferro" <ericferro@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark Window Size
>Reply-To: Community support list for Wireshark <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>I am slightly confused on how the window size of a conversation I see in
>the
>packet capture.
>
>For example:
>the first syn window size is:5840
>the synack window size is 5792
>subsequent acks range from 7168 to 8704.
>
>Also, is the widows size show in he window in bit, bytes, kb ?

Hi Eric,

The window size is in bytes.

Maybe this information can help you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol#Flow_control

Grtz
Joan