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

[Abdul Basit]

Well i suppose, it is not required to check checksum at each
layer provided the fact that data link / media access layer
already provide checksum errors.

The reason, it was removed is obvious, that is to improve
routing efficiency (minimize the cost of header processing).

- basit

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, navaneetham wrote:

> 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