Re: Libpcap on VMWare

[Vikram Roopchand <vikram.roopchand () j-interop org>]

> > 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...
>
> Hi,
>    We have tried on both drivers (vlance and vmxnet). Unfortunately,
> the outcome is still the same (packet drops). I think the only
> cowardly alternative left is to perhaps increase the libpcap buffer 
> size, it worked for Dustin, might work for us. This would ofcourse 
> not resolve the really issue (if any).

just a short update, with the new libpcap (from trunk) and a buffer 
size of 128M we have successfully tested over Non Windows VMWare guests
(FC, Ubuntu and Debian). The tests ran for over a day without any packet
drops.

Thank you all very much for giving detailed explanations, helpful 
insights into workings of libpcap and your experiences with the same.

best regards,
Vikram






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