Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] CentOS 6.3 and DUMPCAP -B option

[Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 8, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Jeff Morriss wrote:

> John Powell wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I am performing a continuous capture of a large IP stream using dumpcap.
>> I have been told by my users that they are experiencing packet drop.
>> I am running CentOS 6.3 with:
>>    * wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64
>>    * wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64
>>    * libpcap-1.0.0-6.20091201git117cb5.el6.x86_64
>> I found this solution on a Dumpcap man page:
>> *-B <capture buffer size>*
> [...]
>> but alas this options in not available on my build even though I am running libpcap 1.0.0-6.
>> *Any suggestions as to how to utilize the capture buffer size option on my machine will be greatly appreciated!*
> 
> What kind of error are you getting that says "-B" isn't working?  I just tried it on 6.1 and dumpcap did not complain when I gave it the "-B" argument.
Not sure, but wireshark 1.2.15 is pretty old. Does it already support the -B option?

Best regards
Michael
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