On 4/5/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a user that is on WinXP. She uses Microsoft's Remote Desktop to > connect to a remote server (TCP port 3389). I have installed OpenBSD > 3.8 to act as firewall for the office. She complains of serious > intermittent latency problems for this particular network usage > (internet browsing is fine and is corroborated by other office users). > > I have a very simple ruleset which uses 'keep state' for all outgoing > requests. I actually keep state on all outgoing destination ports > greater than 1024 (intended initially for passive FTP). > > Now I recalled XP's pseudo-firewall that is enabled by default and ever > since turning it off she has not experienced any more slowdowns. > > Since I have yet to be alerted when the problem occurs I have not been > able to capture any pertinent traffic. > > I am wondering whether the XP firewall could be to blame and why? Or > is it just a coincidence and the latency is going to happen again in > which case I am asking people what do they think I should look at? I > have since begun making long term tcpdump captures using pflog0. > > Thanks, > > Peter >
I have the same setup for my home office.. I have not seen any problems myself, BUT ... Could the latency *with* the windows firewall enabled be a symptom of other problems with the windows box? Is the XP box having other issues with performance?
