Re: TCPv4 errors

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Sat, 22 Feb 1997 17:14:18 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Laslo Orto wrote:

> I installed linux (slackware 3.1 with kernel 2.1.25) and i'm geting TCPv4
> bad checksum errors on the console (a lot of them). The network card is
> Realtek (ne2000)
> here is output from dmesg:
> TCPv4 bad checksum from 42065ac2:008b to 0b7396cd:07a0, len=532/532/552
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Try using the DEFAULT settings in your BIOS for addressing ports, i.e., I/O
wait-states, etc. This board uses "remote-DMA" (string read/writes through
a port). If the port timing is wrong, data will be corrupted.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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