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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:17:53 -0700
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I would like to tcpdump and get all the packets...
Message-ID:  <3F69BE91.7080604@tenebras.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030917182850.Q52432-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
References:  <20030917182850.Q52432-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>

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Josh Brooks wrote:
> Whenever I run:
> 
> tcpdump -vvv
> 
> when I am finished, I am surprised to see:
> 
> 27441 packets received by filter
> 7866 packets dropped by kernel

The time it takes to resolve host names, probably, and the additional
burden of writing the service names, where known, etc.

Try

tcpdump -vvv -n

or

tcpdump -vvv -ln




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