> > > > What sort of VMware network card are you using? As far as I remember, > > VMware simulates either a dec21143 based card (vmlance), an Intel e1000 > > card, or something which is more "paravirtualized" and needs a special > > driver. > > > > This might make a big difference... > > Hi, > We have tried on both drivers (vlance and vmxnet). Unfortunately, > the outcome is still the same (packet drops). I think the only > cowardly alternative left is to perhaps increase the libpcap buffer > size, it worked for Dustin, might work for us. This would ofcourse > not resolve the really issue (if any).
just a short update, with the new libpcap (from trunk) and a buffer size of 128M we have successfully tested over Non Windows VMWare guests (FC, Ubuntu and Debian). The tests ran for over a day without any packet drops. Thank you all very much for giving detailed explanations, helpful insights into workings of libpcap and your experiences with the same. best regards, Vikram - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
