what version and argument use ?



On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Thomas Kessler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we are using tcpdump to record network traffic from an 1 GB ethernet
> interface on a linux box (intel x86, 2.4.19). When tcpdump stops recording
> it dumps a message like:
> ...
> 10717 packets received by filter
> 22 packets dropped by kernel
>
> Could someone explain what exactly happens (in kernel and/or tcpdump) when
> tcpdump counts a "packet dropped by kernel" and how we can tread this value
> to zero?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Thomas
>
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