Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] no localhost interface in Windows

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From: "Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronnie_sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 11:13:31 +1000
Windows do not provide functionality to capture traffic from the
localhost/loopback interface.

This is a windows limitation.


----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Enchevich
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: [Ethereal-users] no localhost interface in Windows


I am unable to see or capture packets from my localhost adapter (please see
attached screen shot).

Here's my configuration:
=============================
OS:
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Win 2000
Version 5.0 (Build 2195: SP 30)


WinPcap:
-----------------
3.0


Ethereal:
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 ethereal-setup-0.9.12.exe 01-May-2003 20:12


Libs Versions reported by Ethereal in the About window:
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GTK+ 1.3.0
GLib 1.3.2
libpcap (version unknown)
libz 1.1.4
Net-SNMP 5.0.6




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