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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>The reason for this behavior is that the driver buffer is
allocated in the kernel non-paged pool memory (i.e. kernel memory that is not
subject to paging), and the upper limit for this pool on Windows
NT(2000/XP/...) x86 is 256MB.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Have a nice day</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>GV</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=sabbiolina@gmail.com
href="mailto:sabbiolina@gmail.com">Sabbiolina</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Winpcap-users@winpcap.org
href="mailto:Winpcap-users@winpcap.org">Winpcap-users@winpcap.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 21, 2005 2:15
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Winpcap-users] Kernel
buffer</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I have 2 gigs of RAM but I can't make the packet driver
allocate more than 127 megs. Anybody has a slight idea of the reason of this
behavior?<BR><BR><BR>Tnx<BR>Sabbiolina<BR><BR>
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