Daniel, out of curiosity, what was the reason why the signal catch (SIGUSR1 I think it was) was removed in early versions?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/12/2013 03:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> 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. > > > Lets assume you record long-term stuff, then you could use -V to show > statistics > after each write, the first number is pkts captured, the second lost, e.g.: > > netsniff-ng --in team0 --out /opt/caps/ --interval 1GiB -V -s > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "netsniff-ng" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "netsniff-ng" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
