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Abstract

A network switching system configured for evaluating an incoming data packet including layer 3 information having an Internet Protocol (IP) header and an IP checksum. The system includes a buffer memory and network switch. The network switch includes a media access control (MAC) module having a receive data portion and a transmit data portion. The receive data portion is configured to extract the IP checksum from the IP header and to validate the IP checksum. A queue block is configured to send the IP checksum to the buffer memory for storage therein. A layer 3 internal rules checker is configured to receive layer 3 information and to modify the IP header based on a field of the IP header. The internal rules checker generates an identifier indicating the field needs to be changed. The network switch also includes a dequeue block configured to receive the identifier and to retrieve the IP checksum from the buffer memory and to incrementally update the IP checksum as a result of the change to the field, with the updated IP checksum being received by the transmit data portion of the MAC module.

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