Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Re: Using Ethereal To Capture Non-Network Traffic
"Robert J. Mirro" wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I'm running Ethereal 0.8.18 on Win2k SP2.
>
> I mainly do web development on my notebook. At times I
> use Ethereal to sniff HTTP traffic in order to debug my
> web applications
>
> However, running the web app locally on my notebook does not
> generate any network traffic to my network card, so ethereal
> cannot capture the data I desire.
>
> My solution is to access the web app on the notebook from an
> internet browser on my desktop machine over the local lan
> (basically these 2 machines plugged into a hub).
>
> Is there any way to setup Ethereal to capture local traffic?
>
> My first idea is to install the MS Loopback Adapter, then
> select that adapter in the "interface" when I start an
> Ethereal capture session.
>
I just thought I'd let everyone know that I tried the
Loopback Adapter solution today and that doesn't seem
to work. Once I installed that adapter, I verified
that I could access the webserver running locally by
using both the IP of my network card and the IP of
the loopback adapter. However, when I selected the
loopback adapter as the "interface", Ethereal was
still unable to sniff the local HTTP conversation.
Ugh. :-(
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