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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] capturing traffic on a virtual interface

From: Brian K <knairb01@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
I have a 32-bit Vista virtual machine managed by Virtual PC running on a 64-bit Vista host. I have created a virtual NIC, which appears, I assume because it's the default, as Intel DC21140 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter. The IP address I assigned to this NIC is 10.0.0.2. I am serving a Turbogears test website on this address from the VM, and can view the website in a browser on the VM. I can't, however, capture in Wireshark the HTTP traffic that is being sent. Is it possible to capture this traffic?

I have pasted below the results of "route print" and "arp -a". Thanks for your help.

C:\Windows\system32>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
 15 ...00 03 ff fd f2 2b ...... Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emu
lated) #2
 13 ...02 00 4c 4f 4f 50 ...... Microsoft Loopback Adapter
 10 ...00 03 ff fc f2 2b ...... Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emu
lated)
  1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1
 11 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0  isatap.{9ADD1689-190D-4A23-8E20-CC7508093C24}
 12 ...02 00 54 55 4e 01 ...... Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
 14 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0  isatap.{CAB0492A-1718-4291-9E7F-BE73E63ADA70}
 17 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0  isatap.{F094F3F2-FF0F-4DE0-B65D-C19492C0B26A}
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0  192.168.131.254   192.168.131.65     10
         10.0.0.0    255.255.255.0         On-link         10.0.0.10    266
         10.0.0.2  255.255.255.255         On-link          10.0.0.2    266
        10.0.0.10  255.255.255.255         On-link         10.0.0.10    266
       10.0.0.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         10.0.0.10    266
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
  127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
    192.168.131.0    255.255.255.0         On-link    192.168.131.65    266
   192.168.131.65  255.255.255.255         On-link    192.168.131.65    266
  192.168.131.255  255.255.255.255         On-link    192.168.131.65    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         10.0.0.10    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link          10.0.0.2    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link    192.168.131.65    266
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         10.0.0.10    266
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link          10.0.0.2    266
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
 If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
  1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
 13    266 ::ffff:10.0.0.0/120      On-link
 13    266 ::ffff:10.0.0.10/128     On-link
 13    266 fe80::/64                On-link
 15    266 fe80::/64                On-link
 10    266 fe80::/64                On-link
 13    266 fe80::4c17:82c8:6bb8:dd06/128
                                    On-link
 15    266 fe80::7883:1cf9:9e09:7cd5/128
                                    On-link
 10    266 fe80::e8c0:1c:ec2c:2137/128
                                    On-link
  1    306 ff00::/8                 On-link
 13    266 ff00::/8                 On-link
 15    266 ff00::/8                 On-link
 10    266 ff00::/8                 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None

C:\Windows\system32>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.131.65 --- 0xa
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  192.168.131.254       00-03-ff-ff-ff-ff     dynamic
  192.168.131.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static
  255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static

Interface: 10.0.0.10 --- 0xd
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  10.0.0.255            ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static

Interface: 10.0.0.2 --- 0xf
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static