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Feature #8257

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pfSense Diagnostics -> Packet Capture support for loopback interface

Added by Chaos215 Bar2 almost 7 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Web Interface
Target version:
Start date:
01/04/2018
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
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Description

I can't overstate how useful the GUI Packet Capture feature is for debugging all variety of networking issues, but it's missing an option to capture traffic on the loopback interface. This would be a very useful and, I believe, fairly simple feature to implement.

Actions #1

Updated by Chaos215 Bar2 almost 7 years ago

In particular, in order to debug a problem I was having with the HAProxy and Acme packages (#7519), I ultimately ended up having to just do this manually on the router. Not a big deal, but it may have short circuited a couple hours of debugging if I had just been able to try this directly from the GUI at an earlier point.

Actions #2

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 7 years ago

  • Project changed from pfSense Packages to pfSense
  • Category set to Web Interface
  • Assignee set to Jim Pingle
  • Target version set to 2.4.3
Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
Actions #4

Updated by James Snell almost 7 years ago

Tested build 2.4.3.a.20180126.0706

Navigated to Diagnostics -> Packet Capture

Localhost is available in interfaces list. Selected.

Click Start capture, Stop Capture, View Capture - Data displayed is captured localhost traffic.

Test PASSED, thanks!

Actions #5

Updated by Jim Pingle over 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
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