You aren't alone. I reported this to support@livingston.com on Monday
(July 7), but haven't received any response yet.
> A few days ago the ethernet wires between both devices were replaced
> because the others weren't made very well in the first place. That fixed
> it so that both devices become OSPF neighbors and exchange routes now.
> They didn't previously.
>
> But the problem continues, any ideas what could be causing this? All
> other communications work without problems between the devices.
Actually I've found that the problem comes and goes depending on
the order in which machines are rebooted. I didn't need to make
any hardware changes before it temporarily went away.
> I have PM2e's and Cisco's on other ethernets communicating with no
> problems. Also the Cisco 2501 above is speakign to GateD without
> problems.
Right, but you might also notice that gated complains about the same
type of checksum errors from the pm2e, just not as frequently.
Is anyone else using OSPF on a Portmaster without seeing these errors?
Chris Martin
Onramp Network Services Inc.