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diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index 3f3dfef1b0..9adad4f63e 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ of size one megabyte. =item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt> -Set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 1MB). This is used by the +Set capture buffer size (in MB, default is 2MB). This is used by the the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase this size. Note that, while B<Dumpcap> attempts to set the buffer size -to 1MB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the +to 2MB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value. |