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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:40:50 -0600 (CST)
From:      Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
To:        MegaPath <freebsd@three56.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Network Issue
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201101831050.55295-100000@cody.jharris.com>
In-Reply-To: <002e01c19a0d$d9df7fc0$ec09000a@dns2>

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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, MegaPath wrote:

> I apologize if this message has been sent to the incorrect list.
> 
> To anyone that may assist,
>     I have an issue on a FreeBSD machine acting as a firewall/router
> with 2 NICs.  Here is my configuration
> 
> Running 4.3-release

	IIRC, 4.3-R had some problems with the network code, you might
	want to update.

> Pentium 2 - 350mhz, 128mb RAM
> 6gb hard drive with less than 25% used on all slices
> 2 network cards, Realtek type, (rl0 and rl1)
> Routable IPs on both interfaces, using routed
> rl0 200.200.200.6, default gateway 200.200.200.5
> rl1 200.200.201.1
> 2.3mb SDSL line
> IPFW is running, no queues enabled.  Basic port blocking only
> Running Apache 1.3.20 on rl0
> 
> Physical setup:
> DSL line -> Efficient Router -> Hub (10baseT) -> FreeBSD (rl0) ->
> (routed) -> FreeBSD (rl1) -> Hub (100baseT) -> Local Machines
> 
> Tests

> Win98 machine at 200.200.200.2, goes to internet server and downloads
> file at full bandwidth.
> WinXP machine at 200.200.200.3, full bandwidth when going to popular
> download site on the net.
> 
> Win98 machine to Apache server running on rl0, download 30-40k/sec
> max.
> Win98 machine ftp to rl0, download 30-40k/sec max, upload 600-700k/sec
> WinXP machine to Apache server running on rl0, download 30-40k/sec max.
> WinXP not tested on ftp to rl0.
> 

	I'm assuming these machines are internal (connected via rl1).  


> External machine (a friend) running Win98 to Apache server running on
> rl0 via DSL, download 150+k/sec.
> 
> So I am deducing there is a problem somewhere in the routing of data
> between rl0 and rl1 to my internal Win98 machine since it is affecting
> not only http but ftp traffic as well.  I have tried removing all IPFW
> rules to see if maybe they are clogging up the system, no change.

	It could be a bad ethernet card (rl1), or bad inside hub....

	Update your machine to 4.5-RC (via cvsup) to see if the problem
	goes away.

Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
 - Don't mind me...I'm just sniffing your packets


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