[Winpcap-users] Packet Capture Timestamp

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Thu Jun 23 18:10:59 GMT 2005


Oren Becker wrote:
> Hi.
>  
> I'd like to know why it is important to put a timestamp on each packet 
> that is captured.

The length of time between packets can tell a great deal about how protocols
are performing.  (Think protocols like TCP that acknowledge packets...)

Ben

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