Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:56:07 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Van J compression? |
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On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 05:21:37PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > In article <19990103161811.A4142@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>, > Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes: > > >> All standards say that packets with wrong checksum should be silently > >> dropped, 2.2 will do that and turn off that debugging, I repeat, > >> debugging message. > > > Understood. However, please include a /proc option to turn the messages > > on. There is a genuine problem around, and it's due to something more > > significant than bit errors. > > No. > > There is a counter in the TCP/IP/UDP MIB (/proc/net/snmp). That is enough.
It is not enough, because
1. It does not allow us to associate the checksum errors with the erroneous packets (e.g., in a PPP log).
2. It is useful to see which IP addresses are causing errors.
-- Jamie
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