Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Duplication of packets!!

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From: Claus Wagner <Claus.Wagner@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 10:04:17 +0100
Israel wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm using ethereal on windows platform , and I was amassed to find that I
> get duplication of packets .
> 
> A lot of packets come in pairs - and there both the same ( for example: the
> same packet ID for different packets ).
> 
> When I eliminated other possible reasons , the only reason that left is that
> the ethereal is duplicating packets.
> 
> Do you know something about this phenomenon ?? , or how to prevent it ??
> 
> Please let me know !!
> 
> Thanks alot
> 
> Israel Tauber
> Kagoor Networks.
> 

If you use the local loop interface, packets will be duplicated. Sending
UDP packets to broadcast may also result in duplicated packets.

Claus Wagner