[Winpcap-users] Loopback Device on Windows

[Eddie Ehlin]

George Elias skrev:
> Hi Eddie,
>
> I did that, but I don't know the name of the device...
>
> Thank's a lot for the reply!
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Eddie Ehlin 
> <eddie.ehlin at vastgotadata.se <mailto:eddie.ehlin at vastgotadata.se>> wrote:
>
>     George Elias skrev:
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         I'm porting some former cooworker's code from Linux to Windows.
>
>         On Linux it uses device "lo" as loopback device, what should I
>         use on Windows? Libpcap can't find "127.0.0.1
>         <http://127.0.0.1> <http://127.0.0.1>" neither "localhost" not
>         even "ACE_LOCALHOST".
>
>
>         Any help would be a great help!
>
>         Thanks in advance
>
>         -- 
>         George Elias Ferreira da Silva
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>     Hi George,
>     I'm not an expert at this but on Windows you need to install a
>     network-adapter (MS Loopback).
>     You should be able to install this adapter via the "Add&Remove
>     hardware" under control-panel.
>
>     See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839013
>
>     Best regards,
>     Eddie
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Hi,

You should be able to find the name of the device by calling 
pcap_findalldevs(). Check the example project 
"WpdPack/Example-pcap/iflist" which is shipped with the dev-pack.
A name should look like something like this: 
\Device\NPF_{989C471A-BA83-4065-814A-6D5881F7957E}

Though all the devices that is listed by calling pcap_findalldevs() is 
not suited for pcap, keep that in mind.

I hope that this helps! :-)
Best regards,
Eddie

Ps. No problem at all! Ds.