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Wireshark not capturing packets?

I had the same issue. I was using it for the first time. As in the above answer by Ron Maupin, I didn't select an interface. When you start wireshark you see in the middle of the window a scrollable ...
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Does ARP play any role when we try to access a website?

ARP is only ever used to resolve local IP addresses to their corresponding MAC address. Any MAC addresses used outside your local network are useless and generally unknown. When communicating with ...
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Does ARP play any role when we try to access a website?

Your PC only sends an ARP request for hosts on the local network. For all destinations on other networks, the PC sends the packet to the default gateway. Your PC will send an ARP request for the ...
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