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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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