tftp - bad checksum error? can't transfer file

[Anton Shterenlikht]

I'm trying to troubleshoot tftpd(8).

% grep boot /etc/inetd.conf
tftp   dgram udp  wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd  tftpd -dd -l -s /tftpboot
tftp   dgram udp  wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd  tftpd -dd -l -s /tftpboot
bootps dgram udp  wait root /usr/libexec/bootpd bootpd -d4 -t0 /etc/bootptab
%

I'm trying to boot another node via bootp/tftp.

I'm monitoring what's going on with tcpdump -vv.

bootpd starts fine, and seems to read /etc/bootptab
correctly.

But after that nothing happens, and after a few minutes
I get on the console of the host which I want to boot:

> bootp()/bsd.rd.IP32
Unable to execute bootp()/bsd.rd.IP32:  invalid argument
>


Does this tcpdump fragment help to understand where
the problem is:

    192.168.232.10.15388 > buzi.tftp: [no cksum]  25 RRQ "/bsd.rd.IP32" octet (
o
23:25:21.024160 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 56, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (1
7), length 30, bad cksum 0 (->293a)!)
    buzi.19330 > 192.168.232.10.15388: [udp sum ok] UDP, length 2
23:25:51.013759 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 255, id 256, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP
(17), length 53)

I'm happy to provide more detailed information
on the settings I use and a longer tcpdump output,
if this helps.

Many thanks
Anton



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