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I've tested the same system overnight without any switch and the network was down this morning. So No, it's no a deffective switch. I guess it's a bug in the Realtek driver or something else in Monowall. Dany Dany wrote: > Dany wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall-help@lists.m0n0.c > > > Don't know if that can help but here is my configuration : > > System: General setup > *[x] Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN > > *Services: DNS forwarder > *[x] Enable DNS forwarder > [ ] Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder > > ....override the results from the forwarders below. > Host Domain IP Description ap agora > 192.168.0.50 SMC AP > *** > |