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Re: Libpcap on VMWare


From: Gert Doering <gert () greenie muc de>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:45:43 +0100

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 06:14:20AM +0000, Vikram Roopchand wrote:
jnetpcap does not perform a copy either. I am not sure where the issue lies , 
perhaps it's VMWar e drivers , perhaps not. But I doubt we (libpcap + jnetpcap + 
testcode) are not reading the data fast enough :( ...

What sort of VMware network card are you using?  As far as I remember,
VMware simulates either a dec21143 based card (vmlance), an Intel e1000 
card, or something which is more "paravirtualized" and needs a special 
driver.

This might make a big difference...

gert

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