[tcpdump-workers] Recompile with different libpcap

2011-06-22 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Hi I am trying to evaluate how tcpdump performs with different libpcap versions and other packet capture libraries. How do I re-compile TCPDUMP to work with a different libpacp ? -- Sanjay Sundaresan Grad Student Viterbi School of Engineering, USC - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Recompile with different libpcap

2011-07-08 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Hi Is there an option to make tcpdump print the number of packet it captures/process per second. It prints the number of packets handled as a summary before exiting but that is a cumulative figure. I want to find out the rate of packet processing by tcpdump when the pipe is full. -- Sanjay

Re: [tcpdump-workers] timestamp in Packet Data

2011-07-09 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Thanks for your answer ... > > Regards, > alokat > - > This is the tcpdump-workers list. > Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe. > -- Sanjay Sundaresan Grad Student Viterbi School of Engineering, USC - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.

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: >

[tcpdump-workers] Packet Loss Count

2011-07-22 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
Hi After Running TCPDUMP say the following amount is obtained 9298933 packets captured 9298932 packets received by filter 2871368 packets dropped by kernel Can we assume the percentage of packets dropped during capture on that particular interface is approximately packets dropped /(packets dropp

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Running TCPDUMP over a web interface

2011-08-16 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
f using a shell, I need to run it over a web interface. > > Any guide or suggestion will be highly appreciated. > > > Thanking you... > Best regards, > Tek Bahadur Limbu > - > This is the tcpdump-workers list. > Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe. >

Re: [tcpdump-workers] questions on -B, performance, mbufs, and

2011-09-28 Thread Sanjay Sundaresan
What is the meaning of dropped by interface ? Dropped by kernel means packets dropped due to lack of memory at the kernel in the same way what does interface drop signifies ? -Original Message- From: tcpdump-workers-ow...@lists.tcpdump.org [mailto:tcpdump-workers-ow...@lists.tcpdump.org] O