The timeout affects the responsiveness rather than the continuity of the capture. It defines the maximum interval after which a captured packet will be delivered by WinPcap to your app. A shorther interval allows better responsie times, because the packets are delivered as soon as they arrive; a longer interval results in a better usage of the winpcap buffers and therefore allows better efficiency.
Loris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mohamed Riadh KORTEBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:38 PM Subject: [WinPcap-users] pcap_open_live timeout ? > Hi, > > I wish to design an application that monitor my LAN trafic, for this > i use > WinPcap (the pcap function). > > To monitor continuously the network trafic which value should take > the > timeout (to_ms) value of pcap_open_live() function ? > > Thank's > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discutez en ligne avec vos amis, essayez MSN Messenger : > http://messenger.msn.fr > >
