Re: [Ethereal-users] libpcap and lost packets

["Vossie" <eras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Loris. I have had a look at pcap_stat() but I was unable to implement
it while running pcap_loop.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Degioanni" <loris.degioanni@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal user support" <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] libpcap and lost packets


> Regarding WinPcap, refer to
> http://www.winpcap.org/docs/docs31/html/main.html, and look for the
> pcap_stats() function.
>
> Loris
>
>
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
> > Vossie wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I have written a program that uses pcap_loop until a certain amounts
> >> of packets was captured. Is there a way for libpcap to indicate that
> >> it had encountered a lost packet scenario inside this loop function?
> >>
> >
> >
> > There is a function to get the packet drops and a few other information
> > (can't remember the exact name).
> >
> > However, you should read the libpcap/WinPcap documentation and ask the
> > corresponding libpcap/WinPcap mailing list, but not the Ethereal one.
> >
> > This way, the libpcap/WinPcap developers might be able to give
> > appropriate help and might improve their docs if they see any problems
> > with it.
> >
> > Regards, ULFL
> >
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