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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Windows 7 x64 and localhost (loopback) capture issues

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 21:11:35 +0200
Hi,

The loopback interface of Windows doesn't play nice, see
http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Loopback

Thanks,
Jaap

On 05/12/2010 04:27 PM, Carlos Guedes wrote:
Hello,

I want to capture localhost traffic on Windows 7 x64 machine with
Wireshark, and it fails. Can anyone help?

The Wireshark�s help says:

�Running on *64-bit Windows 7*, build 7600, with *WinPcap version 4.1.1*
(packet.dll

version 4.1.0.1753), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b
(20091008),

GnuTLS 2.8.5, Gcrypt 1.4.5, without AirPcap.�

Tnks in advance :-)

Cumprimentos,

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Carlos Guedes