Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 15:57:47 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: henry@techiebod.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BPF does not pick up loopback activity Message-ID: <13956.997106267@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:35:38 %2B0100 (BST)" References: <20010806140314.O37365-100000@localhost>
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> Note that the packets sent to the local IP address are not picked up by > tcpdump. This can be tried with any traffic type, I have just used ping > as an example. > > Is this the correct/desired behaviour? If it is, is there any other way > to capture these packets? This is the expected behavior, because these packets never touch the Ethernet. Try capturing the traffic via lo0. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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