Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:27:33 -0500 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFW + Samba -> performance problem Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970114102731.00a82eb0@etinc.com>
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At 01:09 AM 1/15/97 +1100, you wrote: >In some mail from Eivind Eklund, sie said: >> >> At 12:58 PM 1/14/97 +0100, Eivind Eklund wrote: >> >This same server dial out with PPP. One day I got a fit of paranoia, and >> >decided to install ipfw to throw away packets coming from the net. The >> >firewalling worked, performance for reads from Samba is the same as ever, >> >but performance for writes dropped from well above 500KB/s to approx 20KB/s >> > (25-fold). >> >> More information: It seems that the read-speed dropped for _some_ people, >> but not for all - personally, I found no change. The write-speed seemed to >> drop consistently. >> >> (And yes, the problem is isolated to be when the firewall is enabled - >> that, at least, is consistent :) > >if you have time/motivation, can you try IP Filter & let me know if that >makes any difference vs ipfw ? Using "SAMBA" and "Performance" in the same sentence is poor english. Dennis
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