The Technology Firm's Tech Trivia Throwdown

This months prize is a $25 amazon gift card with only 5 questions.

Rules are pretty straighforward.

To qualify for this draw you have meet one of the following criteria:

- Be on the networkdatapedia/blog email list

- Be a social media follower on (youtube, linkedin, facebook)

  • Everyone who enters gets one ballot
  • Every correct answer gets you more ballots

Your data will not be sold, harvested or kept past this draw

If you submit more than one entry, only the first entry will be used

DRAW will be May 1, 2026

5 Questions

Name as seen on social media or email address:

1. Download trace file, fileupload.pcapng rebuild the image and tell me the secret code.
Heres a video clue if you have never Exported an Object in Wireshark Rebuilding a file transferred via SMB Using Wireshark

sunny
tony
secret
sue
password

2. Go to 100G Ethernet: Standards, Speeds & Benefits and fill in the blank

QSFP28 Transceivers and the __-Lane Architecture

23
45
35
14
4

3. Referring to the tracefile in question 1. looks at packets in the 45 - 59 area.  why are they so big (larger than 1518) ?

Wireshark Bug
Offloading enabled, plus captured from sending computer
Because SMB was used
Because the file was a png
Server was linux

4. Go to Netscout Blog page and tell me how many leader badges were earned  in the G2 Spring 2026 Grid Reports

4
8
6

5. Referring to the tracefile in question 1. what is ip address of the server?

10.44.10.100
10.44.10.90