On Jul 17, 2011, at 8:02 AM, rajath kumara wrote:

>  I wanted to clarify what this func pcap_next_ex( ) and pcap_open_live( 
> )actually does.
> The reason why i am asking is, when i use these  functions, i see some 
> packets generated.

Well, yes, if you call pcap_open_live() to open a network device for capturing, 
and then call pcap_next_ex() to read a packet from the device, you might see 
packets - that's the whole point of libpcap/WinPcap!

Those packets might be sent by your machine, or might be received by your 
machine.
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