Re: bug in linux 2.2.10 and 2.2.12 ip or network layer

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:41:32 +0100 (BST)

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> or (more probably) the network layer drops packets occasionally. I
> traced the packets using tcpdump and there are occasionally gaps in the
> TCP sequence numbers, i.e. packets are missing. This is not a problem of
> the BPF, because:
> ethernet cards (CONFIG_DEC_ELCP). I have a simple server which sends
> data to a simple client. I attached the source code. Usage:

Ethernet isnt a reliable transport medium. You can overflow it, have
collisions and lots of exciting noise and the like.

Alan

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