I feel like I'm doing something stupid. 
my $pcap_device='eth0';
my $pcap = Net::Pcap::Easy-> new(
   dev              => $pcap_device,
   filter           => 'port 6653',
   packets_per_loop => 1,
   timeout_in_ms    => 1,
   promiscuous      => 0,

   tcp_callback => sub {
      $tcp_total++;
      print "tcp seen\n";
   },
   udp_callback => sub {
      $udp_total++;
      print "udp seen\n";
   },
);


while ( 1 ) {
   $pcap->loop;
   print "oink\n";
}

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The filter was specifically written as to NOT capture stuff... In other words: I'm trying to write a bit of code that forces a timeout. A timeout never happens. If I put a filter in there that actually matches stuff, I can get Net::Pcap::Easy to work just fine.

In reply to no timeout in Net::Pcap::Easy by zimboloo

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