TCP Handshake Analysis

A network technician is diagnosing a time-out issue generated from an end user's web browser.

The web browser issues standard HTTP get and post commands to interact with the website.

Given this information, the technician would like to analyze the entire TCP handshake of the HTTP requests offline.

Which of the following tools would allow the technician to view the handshake?

A.

Packet analyzer

B.

Port analyzer

C.

SNMP traps

D.

Spectrum analyzer.

A.

The tool that would allow a network technician to view the TCP handshake of HTTP requests offline is a packet analyzer.

Packet analyzers, also known as packet sniffers, are software or hardware tools that capture and analyze network traffic. They can intercept and decode packets of data as they travel across a network, allowing the technician to inspect the contents of the packets.

In this case, the technician can use a packet analyzer to capture the HTTP traffic generated by the end user's web browser. The packet analyzer will capture all the packets sent and received during the TCP handshake process, as well as the subsequent HTTP GET and POST requests. By examining the packets, the technician can determine the cause of the time-out issue and take appropriate action to resolve it.

Port analyzers, SNMP traps, and spectrum analyzers are all different types of network monitoring tools that serve different purposes and would not be appropriate for analyzing the TCP handshake of HTTP requests offline.