We thought about that, so at packet handler method what I do is pushing packets inside a global queue just to avoid interfering with packets capture. A different thread is in charge of popping packets and manage them. Both threads have same priority at the moment, I don't know if I should change this somehow.
I took a look at Wireshark source code, and the read timeout parameter in pcap_open is set to 250 there (not 1000 like savedump example). According to my problem, which choice is the best? María de Fátima Requena Cabot (2488) +34 91 787 23 00 alhambra-eidos.es -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Gianluca Varenni Enviado el: martes, 06 de mayo de 2008 17:58 Para: Developer support list for Wireshark CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer As you can see from the savedump source code, the code to dump packets is minimal. And the sample uses the standard parameters to the pcap functions. I think your application drops packets because it's somewhat slow at processing packets (if you are doing any processing). What are you doing after you receive a packet? Have a nice day GV PS: I CCed the winpcap-users mailing list, as your question is more related to that mailing list rather than wireshark-dev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria de Fatima Requena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer Oh, thanks. I have done two tests, and I think savedump doesnt miss any packets. What can be the problem then? Maybe parameters in pcap functions or buffering? María de Fátima Requena Cabot (2488) +34 91 787 23 00 alhambra-eidos.es -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Gianluca Varenni Enviado el: lunes, 05 de mayo de 2008 18:17 Para: Developer support list for Wireshark Asunto: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer What do you mean by "quite unreadable"? savedump creates a pcap-compatible file that can be opened with wireshark (it's not a text file, it's pcap file i.e. binary). Have a nice day GV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria de Fatima Requena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer I have tried it and the content of the capture file (which I have given the name of 'dump.txt') is quite unreadable. María de Fátima Requena Cabot (2488) +34 91 787 23 00 alhambra-eidos.es -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Gianluca Varenni Enviado el: viernes, 02 de mayo de 2008 22:33 Para: Developer support list for Wireshark Asunto: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer Out of curiosity, does the sample in the WinPcap developer's pack named wpdpack\Examples-pcap\savedump lose packets as well? Have a nice day GV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria de Fatima Requena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 4:39 AM Subject: [Wireshark-dev] ring buffer Hi I am implementing a packet sniffer with VS. I posted some time ago problems with losing packets, and someone here suggested me that it could be a problem between disk access and NIC speed. I have done some research, and it seems this doesn't happen to Wireshark because of the use of a ring buffer. Can someone tell me which files (apart from ringbuffer.c) are involved in Wireshark avoiding packet loss? Can I use any configuration of Winpcap function parameters for losing less packets? Thanks in advance María de Fátima Requena Cabot (2488) +34 91 787 23 00 alhambra-eidos.es _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
