ports libpcap

[Charles Swiger]

On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> I just discovered that there is a port of libpcap.  Does anybody know 
> if it performs better than the pcap that comes with FreeBSD?

I believe the port compiles PCAP with a larger default buffer size than 
the PCAP which comes with FreeBSD.  It may drop fewer packets under 
high network load as a result, but there doesn't seem to be a 
significant difference for most tasks.

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-Chuck