On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 06:31:03PM -0700, Josh Brooks wrote: > Whenever I run: > > tcpdump -vvv > > when I am finished, I am surprised to see: > > 27441 packets received by filter > 7866 packets dropped by kernel
That's because the buffer of captures-but-not-yet-processed packets in tcpdump was filled up. In other words, your system is to slow to process the amount of traffic going through your machine. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
