what are the fields of the packet generated by pktgen linux utility?

Question

I tried to capture the packets sent by packtgen but I wasn't able to do that. I am curious what the packet generated by packet generator looks like.

Can anyone help me on this?

Answer 1

DPDK Pktgen allows to capture packets in run time from a desired port or multiple ports. To achieve the same follows the steps as

1. Launch the Pktgen tool in interactive mode
2. to enable the capture option execute enable [portlist] capture
3. all packets received on the interface will be capture with unique file name (port number appened)
4. To disable/stop the capture execute disable [portlist] capture

link to capture mode in GUI