Hi Martin, Yes, there is a bug on man (forget to update after last update... https://code.wireshark.org/review/2658 )
You can open a bug or push directly on fix. Cheers On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Martin Sehnoutka <msehn...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm investigating why Wireshark is dropping packets when capturing over > loopback and I think the man page is wrong with the default snaplen. It > says that the default size is 65535, but if I'm not mistaken the default > size is set in capture_opts.c which leads to WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE in > wiretap/wtap.h and the value is 262144. > > $ grep snaplen capture_opts.c > capture_opts->default_options.has_snaplen = FALSE; > capture_opts->default_options.snaplen = WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE; > > $ grep WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE wiretap/wtap.h > #define WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE 262144 > > When running wireshark it indeed seems like the default value is 262144 > (it drops the same amount of packets, as it does without specifying any > snaplen). Should I fill in a bug report? > > Regards, > > -- > Martin Sehnoutka | Associate Software Engineer > PGP: 5FD64AF5 > UTC+1 (CET) > RED HAT | TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > _______________ > Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> > Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev > Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev > mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject= > unsubscribe >
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