Increase the default buffer size to 2MB.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=47920
network-analytics · Feb 27, 2013 · 6cbcb0d · 6cbcb0d
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diff --git a/capture_opts.c b/capture_opts.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ capture_opts_init(capture_options *capture_opts, void *cf)
   capture_opts->default_options.linktype        = -1;
   capture_opts->default_options.promisc_mode    = TRUE;
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(HAVE_PCAP_CREATE)
-  capture_opts->default_options.buffer_size     = 1;                /* 1 MB */
+  capture_opts->default_options.buffer_size     = 2;                /* 2 MB, In pcap-linux.c: by default request 2M for the ring buffer */
 #endif
   capture_opts->default_options.monitor_mode    = FALSE;
 #ifdef HAVE_PCAP_REMOTE

diff --git a/capture_sync.c b/capture_sync.c
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ sync_pipe_start(capture_options *capture_opts) {
         }
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(HAVE_PCAP_CREATE)
-        if (interface_opts.buffer_size != 1) {
+		/* In pcap-linux.c: by default request 2M for the ring buffer */
+        if (interface_opts.buffer_size != 2) {
             argv = sync_pipe_add_arg(argv, &argc, "-B");
             g_snprintf(buffer_size, ARGV_NUMBER_LEN, "%d", interface_opts.buffer_size);
             argv = sync_pipe_add_arg(argv, &argc, buffer_size);