Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:00:55 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: tcpdump and localhost Message-ID: <XFMail.990113000055.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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Hi guys, I got a question which is bothering me, well intriguing might be a better term for it. I have a fxp0 (Interl 100 Pro+) NIC and I have no cable attached to it as I am setting up the local LAN at home now. I wanted to test a simple ping on the localhost and watch with tcpdump. I got no response. This got me curious, because as far as I know, a ping to localhost never leaves the card and should thus be seen by the tcpdump. Or does tcpdump, when listening on a NIC, only pick up ethernet frames which have been sent over the wire? Thanks for any hints/enlightenments... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven A veil of smoke is what I am, asmodai(at)wxs.nl I wait and I wait... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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