Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Flinders <> | Date | Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:02:17 +0000 (GMT) | Subject | Re: TCPv4 bad checksum in 2.1.131-ac8/9/10 |
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Radu Raduta writes: > Hi! > > On 15 Dec 1998, Paul Flinders wrote: > > Is anyone else seeing bad checksums in recent kernels? > > > > I get a slew of > > > > TCPv4 bad checksum from 194.217.242.34:c1da to 194.222.0.39:0019, len=x/x/x+20 > > > > when I pick up my mail (194.217.242.34 is one of my ISP mail machines). > > Oddly I only see it to port 25 on my machine (I've just ftped the ac11 > > patches and a few other things with no problems) and I don't seem to have > > lost any data so I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem but I've only > > noticed it in the last 2 days (since I installed ac 8 or 9)
I'm fairly certain the port 25 thing was a co-incidence - I've seen it on other connections now. I also don't seem to have problems with 2.0.36 so it doesn't appear to be hardware.
> > i've been getting alot of them fsking checksum errors over a ppp on > some 33.6K modem, while fetching my mail...it seems that > whenever i start another task (even running a +20 niced task or just > loging in on another VT), i get flooded with this .... > during this time, fetchmail freezes, and i just have to wait a few > seconds until it starts fetching again...it's really bothering. Note that > this kind of errors are usually followed by a few lines like: > > last message repeated 7 times > last message repeated 9 times > > I'm now using 2.1.131ac9, but i've been getting this since plain old > 2.1.131 ( maybe even before...can test and see, if necesarry). > pppd is 2.3 patch level 5. (is this the recommended 2.3.5 ?)
Similar set up to mine and I also get it with "vanilla" 131
Any ideas folks?
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