[Soekris] Corrupted MAC on input

[Ron Watkins]

 From prior traffic on this list, I have gotten the impression that the 
vpn1411 is entirely useless for any purpose whatsoever, and that Soekris 
should not be selling it.  While good in theory, nothing appears to 
support it properly, and even in cases where it does work, the time lost 
in calling into the kernel driver is greater than the time saved by the 
hardware.... even on the slow 4801 processor. 

Unless someone on the list knows better than I do (and that would NOT be 
hard, trust me), I'd suggest returning it.


Michael Hernandez wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I did some googling and found that I am experiencing what looks to be  
> a common problem with the 4801 board and VPN 1411 chip. I can connect  
> via ssh but after some random amount of time the connection is  
> dropped with a message stating "Corrupted MAC on input". I installed  
> openbsd 3.9, and since I originally thought it was a problem with the  
> OS I looked searched the obsd lists first. I've found several threads  
> on misc at openbsd and soekris-tech, but none of the threads have a  
> definite solution to this problem. It does not occur if I do not have  
> my vpn1411 chip inserted. Is the card broken? Is the board broken? If  
> so what is the recommended course of action? The error occurs if I  
> connect via my wireless interface or one of the ethernet ports, via  
> my laptop (mac os 10.4) or desktop (freebsd 6).
>
> I am very happy overall - this error is the only thing that has gone  
> wrong. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
>
> Mike
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