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From: "K. Greenwood" <k_greenwood1@yahoo.com>
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--- Jon Adams <jonaadam@nova.edu> wrote:
<snipped stuff>

> The (main) problem ->
> 
>  My network connectivity is ridiculously slow...  I
> had OpenSSH timeout set to 
> the default, 120 secs, and the messages file said
> the connections (on the same 
> 100MBPs hub mind you) were timing out before
> authentication (password).  I went 
> in and doubled the timeout, and after a long wait (I
> didnt check the time) I 
> could get a password prompt...  at first I thought
> this was just a SSH problem, 
> but it is the same if I use telnet (or any other
> network service).  I have 
> several devices on my Lan including 2 (eww) Windows
> XP laptops, and a PS2 and a 
> XP workstation.  I have 3 public IPs, (Speakeasy is
> the ISP) The laptops use a 
> LinkSys 54G Wireless Hub and one public IP (its
> plugged into a NetGear 4 port 
> hub), I split another IP with the Desktop and PS2,
> and the FreeBSD box will 
> have its own IP, of course the final port is the
> uplink.  There are absolutly 
> no connectivity problems with the other machines. 
> The FreeBSD box cannot 
> connect to the dns servers (on three different
> networks) or much of anything 
> else.

Considering the only response you have received thus
far has been regarding IPFW, I may as well give a
ham-handed attempt.

My first guess is /etc/rc.conf.  Is there a
defaultrouter="x.x.x.x" line?  If you do an ifconfig
-a are you getting an IP actually assigned?

Perhaps your resolv.conf is not right?  Should be
similar to:

domain             nosuchdomainhere.net
nameserver         1.2.3.4

where there are two entries for nameserver that jive
with the ISP assigned DNS servers.

Considering that you are manually setting your rl0,
(not using DHCP), perhaps these are missing?  

Have you tried using rl0="DHCP"?  Perhaps the chance
of finding a problem, is less of a pain then if your
ISP changes something on you.  Good luck.


<snipped... I can think of one thing at a time>


	
		
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