Subject: Re: tcpdump capture speed
To: Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/29/2005 09:11:09
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 11:46:57PM +0200, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> I was wondering why the capture speed of tcpdump seems to be very slow.
> If I listen to my own ssh connection, I can see a few packets flying arou=
nd
> and then a delay from a seconds and then again a few packets. Like stop a=
nd
> go.=20

Does running tcpdump with -n make any difference? Are you sniffing
just that ssh connection, or are there other packets going by that
need name resolution?

--
Dan.


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