Re: [tcpdump-workers] performance considerations

2004-09-23 Thread Koryn Grant
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Guy Harris wrote: > Shaun wrote: > > > Or get a DAG card? Not sure if they support FreeBSD though. > > http://www.endace.com/faq.htm#linux > > "Q: Do you support any other operating systems than Linux? Do you > support BSD or Solaris? > > A: Linux is the primary platfor

Re: [tcpdump-workers] performance considerations

2004-09-14 Thread Guy Harris
Shaun wrote: Or get a DAG card? Not sure if they support FreeBSD though. http://www.endace.com/faq.htm#linux "Q: Do you support any other operating systems than Linux? Do you support BSD or Solaris? A: Linux is the primary platform for the DAG product range, with robust support. A device dr

Re: [tcpdump-workers] performance considerations

2004-09-12 Thread Guy Harris
(Noise to trick the duplicate post recognize. Noise to trick the duplicate post recognizer. Pack my bag with five dozen liquor jugs.) Shaun wrote: > Or get a DAG card? Not sure if they support FreeBSD though. http://www.endace.com/faq.htm#linux "Q: Do you support any other operating systems

Re: [tcpdump-workers] performance considerations

2004-09-12 Thread Shaun
Hey, i'd appreciate if people could critique the above and contribute more options to further decrease the number of dropped packets. How about writing a custom driver for your network card? That would be helpful. Or get a DAG card? Not sure if they support FreeBSD though. Cheers, Shaun - This is

[tcpdump-workers] performance considerations

2004-09-12 Thread alex medvedev
Hi, i'm building a list of tunable parameters for capturing packets using libpcap. the goal is to have as little dropped packets as possible. i have these assumptions: - the capture is done on a very busy ethernet network [infinitely busy]; - the user is stuck with an OS (say FreeBSD); - the user