Re: Libpcap Open live() doubt

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:18:19PM -0000, jebu M Selwyn wrote:
> I'm a linux newbee and I'm using libpcap for a project(Network 
> Monitoring) and I have a doubt regarding the open live method..
> In case there is no sender the open live method waits indefinitely 

Well, yes, if there are no packets, it might well wait indefinitely, as
it's waiting for packets ot arrived.

> and some times even it starts to capture packets even when there 
> is no data sent..

It's a little difficult to capture packets that don't exist. :-)

What do you mean by "it starts to capture packets" and "when there is no
data sent"?
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