Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] MS Loopback adapter question

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From: Fernando Barsoba <fbarsoba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:39:57 -0400
Hello all,

First of all, I apologize in advance for this question. It seems that it has been discussed already (and it seems a controversial topic) but honestly I am not sure about the answer.

I just installed the Microsoft loopback adapter. I'd like to test packets sent through by Server/Client sockets in C with Ethereal. Can I do that? Ethereal seems to recognize my loopback adapter IP address, but when I do a "ping" on this address, it won't work.

Thanks in advance,

Fernando