10-21-2008 06:48 AM - edited 03-06-2019 02:03 AM
Has anyone seen an issue were a client was having internet slowness issues (with using a proxy server) and upon investigating a packet sniff revealed bad checksums and the possible cause is "TCP checksum offload"? The bad checksums are only sourced from the client side.
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10-21-2008 10:11 AM
Heyas,
That is a normal error when checksum offload is enabled on the NIC. In windows you can change this setting in the network card properties of most NICs and see if it makes a difference.
10-21-2008 10:13 AM
Can is cause (being turned on or off) issues related to slowness?
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10-21-2008 10:24 AM
It is possible, but doubtful, especially on a desktop/laptop system.
my biggest issues are usualy duplex mismatches or bad cables
on windows try..
pathping proxy
should how if pakets are dropping or just being slow.
10-21-2008 10:28 AM
What if you had say a Microsoft ISA server and the internal nic had this enabled, but the external nic had it disabled or vice versa. Could this lead to an issue?
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10-21-2008 10:46 AM
On a server, yes it could be a larger problem. There were some issues with 2003sp2 like here, but ISA server is not mentioned...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945977/en-us
If in doubt turn it off.
If your server is not maxed out on proc usage, you most likely not notice if it is turned off.
10-21-2008 10:55 AM
fyi.... the tool to diagnose the issue described above is call poolmon, documented here....
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737099.aspx
you would look for growth in the MmCm pool.
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