Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-11 Thread Mcmillan, Scott A
, July 09, 2011 7:59 PM To: tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data Is the approximation because of the fact that NIC card generarates interrupt only after some number of packets arrive ?. Does device polling affect time stamp ? At what stage of

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-10 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Is the approximation because of the fact that NIC card generarates interrupt only after some number of packets arrive ?. Does device polling affect time stamp ? At what stage of capture time stamping is done ? On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Alokat wrote: > On 07/09/11 21:56, Guy Harris wrote: >

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Guy Harris
On Jul 9, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Sanjay Sundaresan wrote: > Is the approximation because of the fact that NIC card generarates interrupt > only after some number of packets arrive ? Yes, that's one of the reasons. There's also the delay between the arrival of the packet and the delivery of the inte

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Is the approximation because of the fact that NIC card generarates interrupt only after some number of packets arrive ?. Does device polling affect time stamp ? At what stage of capture time stamping is done ? On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Alokat wrote: > On 07/09/11 21:56, Guy Harris wrote:

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Alokat
On 07/09/11 21:56, Guy Harris wrote: > On Jul 9, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Alokat wrote: > >> I'm wondering what is in the pcap_data (pcap file format) and what is not? >> Especially the timestamp ... is it just in the packet_header or in the >> packet_data too? > A pcap file starts with a header. Followi

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Guy Harris
On Jul 9, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Alokat wrote: > I'm wondering what is in the pcap_data (pcap file format) and what is not? > Especially the timestamp ... is it just in the packet_header or in the > packet_data too? A pcap file starts with a header. Following the header are zero or more packet reco

[tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Alokat
Hi, I'm wondering what is in the pcap_data (pcap file format) and what is not? Especially the timestamp ... is it just in the packet_header or in the packet_data too? Regards, alokat - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.