def fletcher16_checkbytes(binbuf, offset):
    """Calculates the Fletcher-16 checkbytes returned as 2 byte binary-string.

       Including the bytes into the buffer (at the position marked by offset) the  # noqa: E501
       global Fletcher-16 checksum of the buffer will be 0. Thus it is easy to verify  # noqa: E501
       the integrity of the buffer on the receiver side.

       For details on the algorithm, see RFC 2328 chapter 12.1.7 and RFC 905 Annex B.  # noqa: E501
    """

    # This is based on the GPLed C implementation in Zebra <http://www.zebra.org/>  # noqa: E501
    if len(binbuf) < offset:
        raise Exception("Packet too short for checkbytes %d" % len(binbuf))

    binbuf = binbuf[:offset] + b"\x00\x00" + binbuf[offset + 2:]
    (c0, c1) = _fletcher16(binbuf)

    x = ((len(binbuf) - offset - 1) * c0 - c1) % 255

    if (x <= 0):
        x += 255

    y = 510 - c0 - x

    if (y > 255):
        y -= 255
    return chb(x) + chb(y)