Corrupted MAC on input

Gert Doering gert at greenie.muc.de
Mon May 3 17:13:54 EST 2004


Hi,

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 01:45:52AM -0400, Deron Meranda wrote:
> I should also mention that I also use this same ssh server
> all day long while at work (on the same 100 Mbps LAN).  I work
> it really hard there and NEVER see any problem.  But all the
> corrupted MAC errors I've seen only occur while working from home,
> over an ADSL connection.  I can't explain how that may make any
> difference.

It could either be bit errors on the line (unlikely, 'cause TCP's checksum
should notice that) or "overly smart" NAT in the ADSL router, changing
bits of the outgoing packets for whatever reason.

gert
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