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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:02:29 -0800
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: tcpdump and localhost
Message-ID:  <19990112150229.A804@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990113000055.asmodai@wxs.nl>; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:00:55AM %2B0100
References:  <XFMail.990113000055.asmodai@wxs.nl>

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On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:00:55AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:

> 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

A ping to localhost will travel on the loopback interface, not the
Ethernet card.

Try "tcpdump -i lo0".

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * UNIX is a lever for the intellect. -J.R. Mashey
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