From 5cbf42acb616a34d5e41f03b881f8552e08855a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Sehnoutka Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 12:31:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Make the default capture buffer bigger. --- capture_opts.h | 2 +- doc/dumpcap.pod | 4 ++-- doc/tshark.pod | 4 ++-- doc/wireshark.pod.template | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/capture_opts.h b/capture_opts.h index c2f41d2..29a7132 100644 --- a/capture_opts.h +++ b/capture_opts.h @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ extern void collect_ifaces(capture_options *capture_opts); /* Default capture buffer size in Mbytes. */ -#define DEFAULT_CAPTURE_BUFFER_SIZE 2 +#define DEFAULT_CAPTURE_BUFFER_SIZE 4 #ifdef __cplusplus } diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index e1dc293..090cd53 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ of size one megabyte each. =item -B Ecapture buffer sizeE -Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by +Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size. Note that, while B attempts to set the buffer size -to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the +to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value. diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index ba06225..38c43dd 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ of size one megabyte each. =item -B Ecapture buffer sizeE -Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by +Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size. Note that, while B attempts to set the buffer size -to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the +to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value. diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 130e7ef..1e9681f 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ of size one megabyte each. =item -B Ecapture buffer sizeE -Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by +Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size. Note that, while B attempts to set the buffer size -to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the +to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value. -- 2.9.3