Brief Info about Checksum Offload
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When data comes in through a network, it's "checksummed," meaning the data is checked against a checksum (or validation code) in the headers in the packets it was delivered in. If the data and checksum don't match, the packet is determined to be bad and has to be retransmitted.
To speed things up, some network cards can "offload" the checksumming, i.e., perform the checksumming on the network card itself, rather than leave the job to the CPU. This frees up the CPU to do that much more work on its own and on a server with extremely high network throughput that much CPU savings can add up.
Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 server both have driver-level support for checksum offloading in many network cards (that is, when the card itself also supports it). However, sometimes this causes the network link on the computer in question to drop unexpectedly. And you may experience communication issues with DCs, GCs and clients.
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from : Disable checksum offloading to resolve network slowdown caused by Windows Firewall
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When data comes in through a network, it's "checksummed," meaning the data is checked against a checksum (or validation code) in the headers in the packets it was delivered in. If the data and checksum don't match, the packet is determined to be bad and has to be retransmitted.
To speed things up, some network cards can "offload" the checksumming, i.e., perform the checksumming on the network card itself, rather than leave the job to the CPU. This frees up the CPU to do that much more work on its own and on a server with extremely high network throughput that much CPU savings can add up.
Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 server both have driver-level support for checksum offloading in many network cards (that is, when the card itself also supports it). However, sometimes this causes the network link on the computer in question to drop unexpectedly. And you may experience communication issues with DCs, GCs and clients.
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from : Disable checksum offloading to resolve network slowdown caused by Windows Firewall
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