Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:42:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Danny Byers <dan@magma.ca> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL, FreeBSD gateway, slow web browsing Message-ID: <200009201342.JAA17858@mail2.magma.ca>
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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] > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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