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Date:      Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:15:58 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>
To:        cambria@world.std.com, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xl checksum and dsniff
Message-ID:  <200207112015.g6BKFwe70305@prism.flugsvamp.com>
In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-net/200207111807.OAA09735@world.std.com>

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In article <local.mail.freebsd-net/200207111807.OAA09735@world.std.com> you write:
>
>Hi,
>
>I've been using dsniff on 4.6-Stable (and earlier) for a while.  I've setup
>a faster machine to run this in the lab.  This machine however has an
>built-in xl interface.  Things don't work.
>
>The 'old' machine on the same hub works just fine.  Its using vx0.
>
>My guess is that doing hw checksum by the nic could be the issue.  This is
>the only real difference I can see at present.
>
>Any ideas?

Test your theory.  Turn off hardware checksums with 'ifconfig xl0 -txcsum'
-- 
Jonathan

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