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Date:      Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:39:52 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Steven Holmes <steg@pc1-east2-0-cust144.ren.cable.ntl.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Weird networking problem
Message-ID:  <20010824143952.A83415@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <E15aOe2-0000Bd-00@pc1-east2-0-cust144.ren.cable.ntl.com>; from steg@pc1-east2-0-cust144.ren.cable.ntl.com on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:37:38PM %2B0100
References:  <E15aOe2-0000Bd-00@pc1-east2-0-cust144.ren.cable.ntl.com>

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:37:38PM +0100, Steven Holmes wrote:
>=20
> While trying to access some websites, I discovered a strange
> networking problem that I am unable to solve.
>=20
> Some IPs I am unable to connect to using TCP. tcpdump shows the SYN
> packets that I send to have a bad checksum (I have included a sample
> tcpdump output below). However, these are the only packets that
> tcpdump shows a problem for, and all my other packets seem to have
> correct checksums.
>=20
> I can access everything from my internal windows box, which I am
> performing NAT for. I am running ipf and ipnat, and have tried
> disabling both, but without any result. I have tried with
> tcp_extensions both enabled and disabled, have tried a different
> network card and have tried with numerous different clients (including
> telnet), but the problem remains.
>=20
> I get no response to my initial packet (The checksum is always bad),
> and this is the only packet that is sent. I am on a cable modem.
>=20
>=20
> Sample tcpdump output for accessing www.slashdot.org (a problem IP):
>=20
> 22:15:24.687044 pc1-east2-0-cust144.ren.cable.ntl.com.1034 >
> 64.28.67.150.http: S [bad tcp cksum fffe!] 1158842795:1158842795(0)
> win 16384 <mss 1460> (DF) (ttl 64, id 2222, len 44)

How new is your kernel?

Kris

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