From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 12 15:03:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA00837 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:03:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wopr.caltech.edu (wopr.caltech.edu [131.215.240.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00832 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:03:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph@wopr.caltech.edu) Received: (from mph@localhost) by wopr.caltech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA00860; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:02:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:02:29 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: tcpdump and localhost Message-ID: <19990112150229.A804@wopr.caltech.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:00:55AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 * UNIX is a lever for the intellect. -J.R. Mashey http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message