MN504: Network Analysis and Application Management Project

This project analyzes network applications using Wireshark to understand network performance and management. It involves capturing and analyzing packets from news channel and live streaming websites on both home and MIT networks. The project is divided into four parts: the first part focuses on general statistics like capture start time, packet counts, and IP addresses. The second part delves into network performance metrics such as throughput, packet loss, and round trip time. The third part compares Wireshark statistics, including throughput graphs and TCP retransmission, across the two networks and applications. Finally, the fourth part compares Wireshark with Microsoft Message Analyzer, evaluating their ease of use, GUI, traffic visualization, and statistics generation. The analysis provides insights into network behavior under different conditions and the effectiveness of various network analysis tools.