Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capture of packets on local machine

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:20:32 -0700
Steven Smart wrote:
I am guessing the traffic must use use the 127.0.0.1 address for local services and doesn't hit the network card, 

Yes.


is this possible to capture local traffic?


It depends on the OS:

	http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Loopback
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