[Winpcap-users] Loopback Device on Windows

[George Elias]

Hi Eddie!

Just thanking you! It passes that point now.... Got other issues, but those
are from the code I have...

Thank's a lot!

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Eddie Ehlin <eddie.ehlin at vastgotadata.se>wrote:

> 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.
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