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path
asymmetries - also “what link is being
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monitored”
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where
are timestamps applied?
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on
the card, at start or end of packet/cell?
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on
the card, after a queue (FORE cards, NLANR .crl sites)?
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in
the device driver? in the
kernel? in user space?
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after
buffers and queues? after mixing
with other data?
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lost/reordered/duplicated
packets:
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really
occurred on network
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by
card or full memory buffers
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by
BPF implementation
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can't
capture to disk or process fast enough
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