From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 19:27:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F10A16A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:27:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C46143D1D for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:27:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin02-en2 [10.13.10.147])j11JRSJv014624; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:27:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)j11JRQsO023078; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:27:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7592B03796CF6306CA59FEE3@utd49554.utdallas.edu> References: <7592B03796CF6306CA59FEE3@utd49554.utdallas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <61406bd99730f4213773d70a71ff45ea@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:27:25 -0500 To: Paul Schmehl X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports libpcap X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:27:29 -0000 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