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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