Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capturing Oracle TNS Protocol on WinXP Pro

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From: "Martin Regner" <martin.regner@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:20:41 +0200
Daniel Morgan:
> I am interested in capturing Oracle TNS Protocol packets on Windows XP
> Pro.  
> 
> For some reason I do not see these packets for the Listener.   If the
> Oracle server and client is installed on the same machine you are
> capturing with Ethereal, can you see the packets?
> 
> I try to login via sql*plus or some program.  I know ethereal is working
> because it captures my IRC packets.
> 
> Software installed:
> Windows XP Pro
> Etereal 0.10.6
> Oracle 9i Enterprise server and client installed.  The oracle server
> Listener listens on port 1521.
> WinPcap 3.01 beta 3
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Unfortunately it is not possible to capture loopback packets with WinPcap.
This is a limitation in Windows, not in WinPcap or Ethereal.
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