[6bone] why there is no checksum in IPv6 header?

[Stewart Tansley]

Speed. You likely do a checksum at layer 2 and layer 4, so why do
another. If the header is corrupted, the packet is dropped. Most books
explain this rationale.

Stewart Tansley
Program Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/ipv6/ 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: navaneetham [mailto:navaneethams@huawei.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:20 PM
> To: 6bone@mailman.isi.edu
> Subject: [6bone] why there is no checksum in IPv6 header?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 	what is the reason IPv6 doesn't have checksum in it's 
> header? if header corrupted how this situation will handle by 
> IPv6 router?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Navaneetham
> 
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