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Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option
From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:13:06 -0400
Michael Tuexen wrote:
On Aug 8, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Jeff Morriss wrote: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.Not sure, but wireshark 1.2.15 is pretty old. Does it already support the -B option?
Doh! You're right. I hadn't noticed that someone had installed another (2nd and much more modern) version of Wireshark on my 6.1 system (which was of course first in my path)...
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Current thread:
- CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option John Powell (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Jeff Morriss (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Michael Tuexen (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option John Powell (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Guy Harris (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Jeff Morriss (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option John Powell (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Jeff Morriss (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option John Powell (Aug 09)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Jeff Morriss (Aug 09)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option John Powell (Aug 09)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Michael Tuexen (Aug 08)
- Re: CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option Jeff Morriss (Aug 08)