Etherreal not capturing calls to localhost

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Jeff User

Hello
I have been using Ethereal to capture and view the XML messages being
passed back and forth from my web service client to my web service.

When calling the service over the internet, I choose my network card
connection to the internet in Ethereal and it captures all the traffic
back and forth.

Problem is that when I call a web service on my local machine, same
machine as the client, no packets are being seen or captured.

Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this to work?

Thanks
Jeff
 
Jeff User said:
I have been using Ethereal to capture and view the XML messages being
passed back and forth from my web service client to my web service.

When calling the service over the internet, I choose my network card
connection to the internet in Ethereal and it captures all the traffic
back and forth.

Problem is that when I call a web service on my local machine, same
machine as the client, no packets are being seen or captured.

Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this to work?
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I would suggest using tcptrace instead:
http://www.pocketsoap.com/tcptrace/
 
I've done this with Ethereal, which is an excellent (and free) product. Just
read the documentation.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
There's a seeker born every minute.
- Dr. "Happy" Harry Cox
 
Thanks Kevin
However, I read the FAQ and it says that WinPcap has to be installed.
The winPcap web site says that it is not possible to capture packets
being sent from and to the local machine.

Can you give me any more specifics or direction how I could get around
this?
I do like working with the product.
Thanks again
Jeff
 
Hi Jeff,

I'm not sure about this. I have used it with UDP, but when I try to use it
with HTTP, I have the same problem.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
There's a seeker born every minute.
- Dr. "Happy" Harry Cox
 
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