Wireshark User's Guide: Control Protocol dissection (Enabled Protocols, Decode As)

Publisher

Wireshark Foundation

URL

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChCustProtocolDissectionSection.html

Published

unknown

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

HTTP status

200

License

Wireshark documentation; licence terms not verified; no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• Analyze > Decode As lets a user override which dissector Wireshark uses, for example for a protocol on a non-standard port, though not every protocol or field supports it. in context
• Analyze > Enabled Protocols lets a user enable or disable individual dissectors, filter the list to heuristic dissectors, and heuristic dissectors identify protocols from packet content rather than port numbers. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Wireshark User's Guide: Control Protocol dissection (Enabled Protocols, Decode As). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/wireshark-wsug-protocol-dissection

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-wireshark-wsug-protocol-dissection,
  title  = {Wireshark User's Guide: Control Protocol dissection (Enabled Protocols, Decode As)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/wireshark-wsug-protocol-dissection},
  note   = {Wireshark Foundation, accessed 2026-09-24}
}