ObjectEnumerableopen_live(device[, snaplen[, promisc[, to_ms]]])
Open specified device and return Capture
object.
Default value for snaplen,
promisc and to_ms are 68 octets,
true and 1000 milliseconds.
open_offline(filename)
Open filename and return Capture object.
close
Close Capture object.
datalink
Return an integer representing data-link type.
(e.g. DLT_EN10MB)
dispatch([count]) {|packet|...}
Iterate over each packet. The argument given to the block
is an instance of Packet or its sub-class.
count specifies the maximum number of packets to process. a count of -1 processes all the packets received in one buffer. a count of 0 processes all packets until an error occurs, EOF is reached, or the read times out. Default of count is -1.
each_packet([count]) {|packet|...}
each([count]) {|packet|...}
loop([count]) {|packet|...}
Iterate over each packet. The argument given to the block
is an instance of Packet or its sub-class.
count specifies the maximum number of packets to process. A negative count processes packets forever or until EOF is reached. Default of count is -1.
snapshot
snaplen
Return the snapshot length.
setfilter(filter[, optimize])
Specify filter as packet filter.
filter can be a string or a Filter object.
optimize controls whether optimization is performed.
Default of optimize is true.
stats
Return a Struct which represents packet statistics.
This struct has following members.
recv- number of received packets
drop- number of dropped packets