Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] plzzz Help me...packet drop

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:58:43 +0200
rupesh gautam wrote:

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> i am using ethereal on linux for studying packet drop in it. what is
> default buffer length ethereal uses.....and can we change buffer
> length by command line....if not then should i change in code and
> recompile it....
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The implementation in Linux is using libpcap (the underlying capture
library) which doesn't allow to set this size, so recompile won't help.

On Win32, it's possible to set it but the current implementation is
broken, see http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=148

Regards, ULFL