On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:18:19PM -0000, jebu M Selwyn wrote: > I'm a linux newbee and I'm using libpcap for a project(Network > Monitoring) and I have a doubt regarding the open live method.. > In case there is no sender the open live method waits indefinitely
Well, yes, if there are no packets, it might well wait indefinitely, as it's waiting for packets ot arrived. > and some times even it starts to capture packets even when there > is no data sent.. It's a little difficult to capture packets that don't exist. :-) What do you mean by "it starts to capture packets" and "when there is no data sent"? - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe
