Re: snort packet loss rate

[Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>]

Jin Fang wrote:
> I have deployed snort in a gigabyte interface.
> I noticed that the packet loss rate is quite high,
> over 80%. Even after I disabled all preprocessors,
> loading no rules, still the loss rate is about 15%.
> Also the kernel has been compiled with device_polling
> option and this freebsd box has 4GB memory.
> What is now the factor to affect this loss rate?

What kind of NIC are you using?

If you fire up tcpdump, does it loose packets too, or just snort?


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