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Thanks for your feedback, I'll give it a try. Did you have the problem to ping the firewall from the stations located in the LAN ? When it happens to me the LAN is completely down, I can't even access the monowall administration web page. Pascal Watteel wrote: >I have the same problem on a soekris board... > >Already changed the switch... and cables and networkcards of my -ping- >pc > >I solved the problem by enabling the qos >And doing what is said on this url http://m0n0.ch/wall/docs/book/view/35 > >It solved my problem... I also did this for ping and https and dns.. > >Now its running fine... my ping time stay the same (almost) with or >without downloads or uploads. > >Try it maybe > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dany Nativel [mailto:dany underscore list at natzo dot com] >Sent: woensdag 21 januari 2004 16:00 >To: Brandon Holland; m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Network getting slower after 20 minutes > >Now I'm lost ! > >It's not the switch, nor the RTL8139 chipset, nor the memory. The PC is >an old Pentium 166. > >The good news it I'm looking at a Soekris board but I like to understand > >what's going on because this box has been running Ipcop for years >without a problem. I just want to make sure it's not a hidden bug that >would compromise other platforms ! > >Dany > >Brandon Holland wrote: > > > >>I'm using realtek chips in my router and they work great >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Dany Nativel [mailto:dany underscore list at natzo dot com] >>Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:16 AM >>To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Network getting slower after 20 minutes >> >>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 >>>*** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > > > > > |