Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] question for local machine sniffer

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 19:25:28 -0800
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 10:59:53AM +0800, pk9000@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I think i have installed the ethereal correctly (my os is Solaris
> 5.7)and I have see packets to or from my machine. 
> 
> but i want to see packets whose src and dst both are my machine. 
> Can ethereal do it ?

Not on Solaris - packets going to your machine from your machine will be
sent over the loopback interface, and it is not possible to capture
packets sent over the loopback interface on Solaris, regardless of
whether you use Ethereal or snoop or tcpdump or whatever; it's a
limitation of Solaris.

> what should i do?

Ask Sun to change their networking code so that the loopback interface
can be accessed using DLPI.