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From: Danny Byers <dan@magma.ca>
Subject: Re: ADSL, FreeBSD gateway, slow web browsing
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yes, I am using natd with ipfw...

someone has responded and the problem has been fixed! it was a problem with the
windoze boxes and their MaxMTU setting in their registry.  It had to be set to a
value of 1462 or lower. I made the change and everything worked perfectly.

thanks for the help, everyone
Dan

On Sep 19, "Caleb Walker" <cwalker@cwalk.org> wrote:
> 
> I assumed this person was running NATd.
> Mr. Original Poster,
> Are you runing NAT?
> 
> > What you need, what is more or less required I guess, for these kind
> of setup's
> > is NAT.
> > I have a setup running that is almost alike what has been described.
> > For the local network in 192.168.c.d you should use netmask
> 255.255.255.0 or
> > /24.
> > For the rest, I would like to refer you guys to "The Complete
> FreeBSD" by "Greg
> > Lehey". Flip to page 506 "IP aliasing" and take it from there. Don't
> skip any
> > steps, unless you're absolutely sure what you are doing.
> > I got it all setup and working in a couple of hours on FreeBSD 4.0,
> a day later
> > I run CVSup and upgraded to 4.1-STABLE #3 without any problems.
> >
> > Don't worry, be Kneppie!
> > Jan
> >
> > > > > > For example, I am working on a Win98 PC (connected to the
> hub) and I
> > > > > > type in a website address (www.yahoo.com) and goes as far as
> saying
> > > > > > "Tranferring Data" and then things just hang... no network
> activity or
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I dont remember browsers saying this unless there is a connection
> somehow somewhere.  If there is no NAT there would be no connection...
> Would there?
> Or are you running a proxy?  HOW is your Server set up?
> 
> > > > > > anything. The same thing happens when I try to download
> files from
> > > > > > FTP...
> > > > >
> > > > > So it's not just slow, but broken. I'm having a similar
> problem the last
> > > > > few days; if I knew the answer I'd share it :^(
> > > > >
> > > > > [big snip]
> 
> 
> 
> 


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