I tried on my system and I got the following error when I tried to change
the interface from hme0 to lo0.
"The capture session could not be initiated (/dev/lo0: No such file or
directory)." I checked in the /dev directory and I do not have the lo0
file, so that may be the problem , however when I do a netstat -ia I get
the following
lo0 8232 loopback localhost 21959241 0 21959241 0
0 0
lo0 8232 loopback localhost 0 N/A 39259 N/A N/A
So I guess I have to find where the loopback interface info is, since it
does not seem to be in /dev where ethereal seems to be configured to read.
If anyone knows let me know.
-Diane
Stephen Albright wrote:
> I think I might be able to answer this, but first I have to ask a
> question. Which interface are you trying to capture on? Packets to the
> localhost remain internal to the system so you might have to specify the
> loopback interface (lo0). I am not a Solaris expert, so I am assuming
> the ability to capture on the loopback is available. It works on my
> FreeBSD box. Anyone care to verify this for me?
>
> Stephen Albright
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Watson [mailto:Diane.c.Watson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:08 PM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ethereal-users] How do I capture packets on localhost ip
> address127.0.0.1
>
> > I am new to ethereal and I have version 0.9.15 running on a Solaris 8
> > box and I would like to see packets on the localhost, i.e 127.0.0.1.
> I
> > need to do this since I have a CORBA client and server using the GIOP
> > protocol located on the same machine. If I move the client to another
> > machine , using the default setup, I can see the GIOP packets with
> > ethereal but I need to see them when the client and server are on the
> > same machine.
> >
> > - Diane
>
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