Re: [tcpdump-workers] advice for heavy traffic capturing

2004-08-10 Thread Loris Degioanni
Hi, > In some email I received from Loris Degioanni, sie wrote: > > Other things: > > - modern network cards don't almost do buffering. The memory inside the > > board is usually few KB, and its purpose is providing the space for a packet > > or two. The actual buffering is done in the RAM of the

Re: [tcpdump-workers] advice for heavy traffic capturing

2004-08-10 Thread Darren Reed
In some email I received from Loris Degioanni, sie wrote: > Other things: > - modern network cards don't almost do buffering. The memory inside the > board is usually few KB, and its purpose is providing the space for a packet > or two. The actual buffering is done in the RAM of the PC. What determ