Re: Capturing packets on 'loopback' on Win7?

[Martin Visser <martinvisser99 () gmail com>]

Jeff,

To be honest not an expert on this, but my assumption would be that the
loopback adapter needs to have 127.0.0.0/8 address, which is the loopback
address range. Maybe that is your problem.

Regards, Martin

MartinVisser99 () gmail com


On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Jeffrey Schmidt <schmidtj () seapine com>wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
>    I tried installing the MS Loopback adapter, and assigning it an address.
> I can successfully access the web server on the machine using the local
> address (10.0.10.1). I tried using Wireshark to capture packets on that
> adapter, but none of the SOAP traffic I’m trying to capture is actually
> showing up in Wireshark. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> *Jeff Schmidt*
>
> *Seapine Software, Inc**.*
>
> Phone: 513.701.1551
>
>
>
> *From:* wireshark-users-bounces () wireshark org [mailto:
> wireshark-users-bounces () wireshark org] *On Behalf Of *Martin Visser
> *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2010 3:21 AM
> *To:* Community support list for Wireshark
> *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-users] Capturing packets on 'loopback' on Win7?
>
>
>
> Jeff, you probably want to check out
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Loopback
> Regards, Martin
>
> MartinVisser99 () gmail com
>
>  On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Jeffrey Schmidt <schmidtj () seapine com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
>    Is it possible to start a capture on the loopback interface on Windows
> 7? I have a client and server both running on the same machine which I’ve
> Installed Wireshark on. However, it appears that I cannot capture that
> ‘local’ traffic – only packets sent and received by the physical Ethernet
> device on my computer?
>
>
>
> *Jeff Schmidt*
>
> QA Analyst
>
> * *
>
> *Seapine Software, Inc**. *| Be Quality Ready
>
> 5412 Courseview Dr., Suite 200, Mason, OH 45040
>
> Phone: 513.701.1551 | Fax: 513.754.1660
>
> *www.seapine.com *
>
> * *
>
> *Join Seapine's Agile Expedition. Learn more @
> www.seapine.com/AgileExpedition*
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Sent via:    Wireshark-users mailing list <wireshark-users () wireshark org>
> Archives:    http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users
> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users
>             mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org
> ?subject=unsubscribe
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Sent via:    Wireshark-users mailing list <wireshark-users () wireshark org>
> Archives:    http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users
> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users
>             mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org
> ?subject=unsubscribe
___________________________________________________________________________
Sent via:    Wireshark-users mailing list <wireshark-users () wireshark org>
Archives:    http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users
Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users
             mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe