Hello,

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Mitch Davis<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We have been experiencing packet loss when capturing packets from a 3G
> wireless modem using Fedora 10's tcpdump.  In order to avoid dropped
> packets, I have been trying the PF_RING patch.
>
> [r...@t999999920 ~]# ./tcpdump -i eth0 -n -w /dev/null
> tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
> ^C216 packets captured
> 218 packets received by filter
> 0 packets dropped by kernel
> [r...@t999999920 ~]# ./tcpdump -i usb0 -n -w /dev/null
> tcpdump: listening on usb0, link-type USB_LINUX (USB with Linux
> header), capture size 96 bytes

Further to this, the captured file appears to be captured USB traffic
(encapsulating ethernet I guess), not ethernet traffic!

I have tried passing -y EN10B to the PF_RING tcpdump, but I get:

[r...@t999999920 ~]# ./tcpdump -y EN10B -i usb0 -n -w
test100MB-load-nosave-PF_ring.pcap
tcpdump: invalid data link type EN10B
[r...@t999999920 ~]#

(Passing -y USB_LINUX works, but I still get captured USB)

Can anyone give me some pointers on how I can capture ethernet traffic
using the PF_RING version of tcpdump, from a device with interface
usb0 please?

Thank you,

Mitch.
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