Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

John Powell wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am performing a continuous capture of a large IP stream using dumpcap.
>
> I have been told by my users that they are experiencing packet drop.
>
> I am running CentOS 6.3 with:
>
>     * wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64
>     * wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64
>     * libpcap-1.0.0-6.20091201git117cb5.el6.x86_64
>
>
> I found this solution on a Dumpcap man page:
>
> *-B <capture buffer size>*
[...]
> but alas this options in not available on my build even though I am 
> running libpcap 1.0.0-6.
>
> *Any suggestions as to how to utilize the capture buffer size option on 
> my machine will be greatly appreciated!*

What kind of error are you getting that says "-B" isn't working?  I just 
tried it on 6.1 and dumpcap did not complain when I gave it the "-B" 
argument.
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