Uploaded June 2013 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Server Message Block (SMB) is Microsoft's client-server protocol and is most commonly used in networked environments where Windows® operating systems are in place. SMB has the reputation of being very complex to analyze due to its large variety of implementations and its huge amount of request/response messages. This is why networkers try to avoid analyzing SMB whenever possible and keep their focus on the underlying TCP layer to prove that the network is performing correctly. This could be the right approach, but sometimes it would be helpful to understand more about the application layer protocol SMB in order to isolate client-server performance problems.
This session, which is reduced to essentials, guides networkers into SMB analyzing and demonstrates Wireshark's ability to assist troubleshooting with special functions and filters.
Rolf Leutert, a native of Switzerland, founded Leutert NetServices to provide network training, network troubleshooting, and consulting in 1988. Since then, the company has delivered hundreds of trainings for Sniffer University and other training organizations, and Rolf has attained both Certified Network Expert (CNX) and Sniffer Certified Master status.
In 2006 Leutert NetServices started as the first company offering Wireshark courses and troubleshooting all over Europe and has a broad range of topics from TCP/IP, VoIP, WLAN to IPv6.
Server Message Block (SMB) is Microsoft's client-server protocol and is most commonly used in networked environments where Windows® operating systems are in place. SMB has the reputation of being very complex to analyze due to its large variety of implementations and its huge amount of request/response messages. This is why networkers try to avoid analyzing SMB whenever possible and keep their focus on the underlying TCP layer to prove that the network is performing correctly. This could be the right approach, but sometimes it would be helpful to understand more about the application layer protocol SMB in order to isolate client-server performance problems.
This session, which is reduced to essentials, guides networkers into SMB analyzing and demonstrates Wireshark's ability to assist troubleshooting with special functions and filters.
Rolf Leutert, a native of Switzerland, founded Leutert NetServices to provide network training, network troubleshooting, and consulting in 1988. Since then, the company has delivered hundreds of trainings for Sniffer University and other training organizations, and Rolf has attained both Certified Network Expert (CNX) and Sniffer Certified Master status.
In 2006 Leutert NetServices started as the first company offering Wireshark courses and troubleshooting all over Europe and has a broad range of topics from TCP/IP, VoIP, WLAN to IPv6.
