When debugging (diagnosing) an IP telephony service, it is very difficult to analyze VoIP traffic. Is there a more convenient and efficient way to debug VoIP using the Wireshark traffic analyzer?
The Wireshark program implements a convenient mechanism for diagnosing (analyzing) VoIP calls, in particular, you can get a graphical diagram of calls and see how data was exchanged. Wireshark allows you to analyze the SIP protocol and its RTP traffic.
Suppose that during the execution of a VoIP call using Wireshark, network packets were captured and this dump should be analyzed.
Walktrough Steps:
1. Select a SIP or RTP packet from the list (in our example, analyze the RTP traffic). To filter packets, you can enter a value in the Filter field. sip or rtp to display only a certain type of traffic.
2. Go to the Statistics menu (or Telephony , depending on the version of the program) > VoIP Calls .
The VoIP Calls window opens with a list of VoIP calls.
The list of VoIP calls shows the following information for each call:
- Start Time: The time the call started.
- Stop Time: The end time of the call.
- Initial Speaker: The IP address of the packet source that initiated the call.
- From: For SIP calls, the INVITE request is displayed in the "From" field.
- To: For SIP calls, the INVITE request is displayed in the "To" field.
- Protocol: Protocol.
- Packets: The number of packets participating in the call.
- State: Call status.
- Comment: Additional comments.
3. Select a VoIP call and then click the Graph button (or Flow , depending on the version of the program). The Graph Analysis window will appear with a graphical diagram of the VoIP call data exchange.
In this diagram, it is much more convenient to analyze VoIP-traffic for diagnostics (debugging), but it will require knowledge of the principles of the SIP data transmission protocol (Session Initiation Protocol): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol.
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