# Centos 6.x drops packerts do to the use of the linux ring ineterface inthe system pcap library

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/centos-6-x-drops-packerts-do-to-the-use-of-the-linux-ring-ineterface-inthe-system-pcap-library/2585>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [March 13, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/centos-6-x-drops-packerts-do-to-the-use-of-the-linux-ring-ineterface-inthe-system-pcap-library/2585 "2013-03-13T19:23:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![William\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@William\_Jones](https://community.zeek.org/u/William_Jones)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/centos-6-x-drops-packerts-do-to-the-use-of-the-linux-ring-ineterface-inthe-system-pcap-library/2585/1 "2013-03-13T19:23:21Z")

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I believe that this is do to not enough buffering in the ring. Does anyone know how to tune the linux native pcap to increase the buffering in the linux ring interface.

Bill Jones

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/centos-6-x-drops-packerts-do-to-the-use-of-the-linux-ring-ineterface-inthe-system-pcap-library/2585/2 "2022-05-06T15:40:49Z")

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