nmap / nmap/npcap

Wireshark make our capture program less packet drop?

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Description

When we run wireshark on the background,our npcap capture program by libpcap-api have few packet drop problem.
If we have multi libpcap-api capture program runing on same NIC on the same , it's also less packet drop too .
So the result is weird and make us confusing.
Could you please help us to explan it?

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Start by reproducing the reported behavior with Wireshark running in the background, then with multiple libpcap-api capture programs using the same NIC. Compare packet-drop results and document an explanation for why capture behavior differs. The issue does not name source files or tests to inspect.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Needs clarification
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