Alexander Wilms wrote: > > Not only traffic shaping, also connection tracking can fail. (Tom, you > remember my FTP issue?) Also a *LOT* of TCP retransmission happens because of > wrong checksums. So better switch the checksum offloading off, regardless of > traffic shaping. > > Just my 2 cents,
Thanks, Alex.
On a related note, SuSE users can simplify the configuring of checksum
offloading. In the domU's eth0 config file (found in
/etc/sysconfig/network/) you can simply add the following:
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='-K eth0 tx off'
-Tom
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