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Re: Bad UDP checksum with 82540EM

To: "cramerj" <cramerj@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bad UDP checksum with 82540EM
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:50:48 +0100
Cc: "Andi Kleen" <ak@xxxxxxx>, <jonmason@xxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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"cramerj" <cramerj@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Just for clarification...how are you determining a bad checksum?  Are
> you using tcpdump/ethereal on those test machines (that you're
> transmitting from), or are you capturing packets on the wire (from some
> other system receiving the packets).

Actually both.  I have first noticed the issue because my DHCP clients
didn't accept the answers from the server.

> If the former, then please see the following thread.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107422099800006&r=1&w=2
>
> Is this perhaps the issue you're seeing?

I just double checked, the packets are really going out with a bad
checksum.

Andreas.

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