Fred Weston wrote:

> Dany wrote:
>
>> Fred Weston wrote:
>>
>>> Dany wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to see if m0n0wall could replace my ipcop box which has 
>>>> been running for few years now.
>>>> Hardware is an old Compaq Pentium 200MHz with 200MB of memory and 
>>>> two realtek NIC, a small switch and a SMC-2655W 802.11b AP.
>>>>
>>>> I used the following CD image (fairly new!) :
>>>> cdrom-pb25r595.iso
>>>> Version: Public Beta Release 25, Build #595
>>>> Release date: 01/17/2004
>>>>
>>>> Everything works fine, I really like it.
>>>> Just after installing it if I ping the firewall from a station I 
>>>> get "<10ms" but after let's say 20 minutes (random in fact) it goes 
>>>> to 80-100ms. This morning it was over 900ms. In some cases I can't 
>>>> even get the firewall webpage so I have to reboot it the cold way. 
>>>> Names are taking longer to resolve (if they ever resolve).
>>>>
>>>> Any idea on this performance drop over the time ?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>> Dany
>>>>
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>>> I can't think of any reason off the top of my head as to why you 
>>> would see this behaviour.  My only suggestion would be to try 
>>> removing everything non-essential such as the AP and switch and try 
>>> running it for a while with just a single PC connected to it and see 
>>> if the problem remains.  It sounds like you might be overloading the 
>>> MAC table on your switch, but with a setup that small, that seems 
>>> unlikely.
>>>
>> Today I got the problem after few hours.
>> Ping started to give long time and then no ping at all for both lan 
>> and wan addresses.
>> I then disconnected the switch and AP and connected only one PC to 
>> the firewall usign a crossover cable but that didn't solve anything.
>>
>> Dany
>>
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> In your setup, are you running ipcop and m0n0 on the same hardware?  
> If not, perhaps you could try replacing one or both NICs.  It may be 
> worthwhile to simply start over with m0n0 by resetting it to 
> defaults.  Configure only your IP addresses and anything else 
> essential for it to function and then see if you still experience the 
> same symptoms.
>
same hardware,  to run ipcop I reboot with the HDD connected. For 
monowall, i just insert the CD and floppy.
This afternoon I restarted from scratch. I just use the DHCP server of 
the monowall box to get my clients internet access (no fancy rules or 
bandwidth limitation).

One thing I do is to give a an pre-defined IP address based the MAC 
address of each PC (outside the DHCP IP range).

Dany