On Tuesday, 12 February 2013 13:59:03 UTC, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 02/12/2013 02:08 PM, Felix wrote:
> > I'm in the process of setting up netsniff to monitor my network traffic.
> > I'd like to have some indication of how many packets are being dropped (if
> > possible). Something similar to the summary given by tcpdump on exit.
>
> Something similar as in tcpdump you have here:
>
> [root@fedorabox Desktop]# netsniff-ng
>
> Running! Hang up with ^C!
>
>
>
> [...]
>
>
>
> 7 packets incoming
>
> 7 packets passed filter
>
> 0 packets failed filter (out of space) <----- HERE
>
> 0.0000% packet droprate
>
> 5 sec, 278139 usec in total
>
>
>
> This line ("packets failed filter (out of space)") is telling you if there
> have been any
>
> packet drops during capturing.
Thanks Daniel. That will be a good place to start.
As a bonus: is there a way to get any stats on the running process? The servers
will be running over a long period of time and so it would be useful to have an
idea of any issues during the capture rather than when it finishes.
Many thanks,
Felix
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