Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:27:25 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports libpcap Message-ID: <61406bd99730f4213773d70a71ff45ea@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <7592B03796CF6306CA59FEE3@utd49554.utdallas.edu> References: <7592B03796CF6306CA59FEE3@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
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On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I just discovered that there is a port of libpcap. Does anybody know > if it performs better than the pcap that comes with FreeBSD? I believe the port compiles PCAP with a larger default buffer size than the PCAP which comes with FreeBSD. It may drop fewer packets under high network load as a result, but there doesn't seem to be a significant difference for most tasks. -- -Chuck
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