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On 10/23/2009 08:39 AM, William Allen Simpson wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4AE1A414.4090302@gmail.com" type="cite">You could
add the Broadcom chip sets to your list. Not a protocol per se, <br>
but they inexplicably "handle" TCP segmentation. Usually used in a
host <br>
(bad enough in my opinion), but could create utter havoc in a router. <br>
<br>
So far, I've noticed: <br>
<br>
NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit <br>
Tigon 3 <br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This is an interesting
observation, but I don't understand what you mean.<br>
<br>
Explain "handling TCP segmentation" please? Exactly what chips do
that? What exactly do they do in the chip?</font><br>
<br>
The chips might do IP fragmentation, but I find it hard to see how they
could do TCP segmentation, unless of course they are acting as a host.
Nothing wrong with a chipset being a host, too (perhaps to present a
web, ssh or SNMP interface).<br>
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