Very good question. We are currently working hard to profile and optimize winpcap, so we hope to release detailed results and a more efficient driver in the next months. The performance of WinPcap under the different WinNTx systems is approxiamtely the same, because the packet drivers share the same code and the underlying OSes are very similar. Linux on the other side has lower performance, because its kernel architecture is less evolute. If you are interested in performance under Unix, I suggest a BSD OS, whose BPF shows good results. It was used as reference when developing our system, so the performance are comparable with winpcap 2.3.
Loris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flyhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:00 PM Subject: [WinPcap-users] packet capture efficiency hi can you compare the packet capture efficiency of libpcap(or winpcap)working under Linux ,Win2k server ,Win2k Pro,WinNt4 and Win XP? for example ,when the network load is 148000pps, which operation system can capture more packets ? ����������������������������Flyhi ����������������������������[EMAIL PROTECTED] ����������������������������������2002-05-25
