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Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows

From	Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows
Date	2011-10-19 10:29 -0400
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<j7mmsl$g72$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <j6ub02$76c$2@localhost.localdomain> <j71o1v$5vm$1@speranza.aioe.org> <j727of$ead$1@localhost.localdomain> <j72m42$h95$1@speranza.aioe.org> <j76cd4$frn$1@localhost.localdomain>

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On 10/13/2011 5:52 AM, Andy Furniss wrote:
> Billy Mays wrote:
>
>> Trying to disable anything but gso seems to be disabled:
>>
>> root@af:/# ethtool -K eth1 tso off
>> Cannot set device tcp segmentation offload settings: Operation not
>> supported
>> root@af:/# ethtool -K eth1 gso off
>> root@af:/# ethtool -K eth1 rx off
>> Cannot set device rx csum settings: Operation not supported
>> root@af:/# ethtool -K eth1 tx off
>> Cannot set device tx csum settings: Operation not supported
>
> Hmm, maybe search for you nic/driver and see if a bug has been
> reported/fixed.
>
>> How can these settings be turned on, but not able to be turned off?
>> Would it be easier to just spend $20 and get a new nic?
>
> It may be quicker/less hassle - but I have no idea if it will actually
> fix your main problem. With tso off at least the tcpdumps should match.
>

For the sake of posterity, I believe I fixed the problem by updating my 
kernel from 2.6.32-21-generic-pae to 2.6.38-11-generic-pae.  Hope this 
helps someone in the future.

Bill

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Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-07 12:51 -0400
  Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-10-07 17:08 +0000
    Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-07 13:23 -0400
  Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2011-10-07 19:04 +0000
  Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2011-10-07 22:39 +0300
    Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-11 12:31 -0400
  Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Andy Furniss <spam@andyfurniss.entadsl.com> - 2011-10-08 14:00 +0100
  Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Andy Furniss <spam@andyfurniss.entadsl.com> - 2011-10-10 09:39 +0100
    Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-11 11:40 -0400
      Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Andy Furniss <spam@andyfurniss.entadsl.com> - 2011-10-11 20:08 +0100
        Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-11 20:13 -0400
          Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Andy Furniss <spam@andyfurniss.entadsl.com> - 2011-10-13 10:52 +0100
            Re: Unusual Packet Capture Between Linux and Windows Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-10-19 10:29 -0400

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