JSI Tip 6163. Netstat -s displays a large number of 'Reassembly Required' packets?

If you run the netstat-s command, you may notice a large number of Reassembly Required packets in the IP Statistics section, like:

Packets Received                           = 787790865Received Header Errors                     = 0Received Address Errors                    = 1Datagrams Forwarded                        = 0Unknown Protocols Received                 = 0Received Packets Discarded                 = 0Received Packets Delivered                 = 674586088Output Requests                            = 596445524Routing Discards                           = 0Discarded Output Packets                   = 0Output Packet No Route                     = 0Reassembly Required                        = 128345602Reassembly Successful                      = 6234431Reassembly Failures                        = 122111171Datagrams Successfully Fragmented          = 7642664Datagrams Failing Fragmentation            = 0Fragments Created                          = 15285321

If you notice this behavior, correct it by implementing the MaximumReassemblyHeaders registry hack at tip 3960 - Excess fragmented TCP/IP packets are silently dropped?