Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 03:59:01 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Services very slow on Firewall/nat boxes. Message-ID: <20011119035901.O13393@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011119202156.39549A-100000@garfield.bmk.com.au>; from brendan@bmk.com.au on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:45:11PM %2B1100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011119202156.39549A-100000@garfield.bmk.com.au>
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* Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au> [011119 03:45] wrote:
>
> I am running natd on a FreeBSD box with IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT added to
> the kernel. Firewall type is open.
>
> I have noticed that when you run a server (eg. sendmail, named, pop3 etc.)
> on the above, initial connection to the service is very slow (ie. between
> 5 and 60 seconds ), however once connection has been established data
> transfer becomes very fast (as per normal).
>
> If I disable natd and replace kernel with original, initial connection to
> services is very fast.
>
> This box is on a network with very little traffic.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help on speeding up initial connection to
> services.
Your DNS isn't working for some reason while you're running NATd.
Please try the freebsd-questions forum for questions like this.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3
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