Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] tshark & loopback

From: "DFE (Donald Ernst)" <Donald.Ernst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:04:48 -0500
I'm running on Windows XP, will this still work? 

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[mailto:wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guy Harris
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] tshark & loopback

Tennis Smith wrote:

>> tshark -i lo0
> Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous.
> Capturing on lo0
> tshark: The capture session could not be initiated (SIOCGIFHWADDR: No
such device).

	...

>> ifconfig

	...

> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

I *thought* I'd remembered that it's just called "lo", not "lo0", on
Linux.

Try "tshark -i lo" instead.
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