Are you running any sort of internal DNS for the internal network? Also,
does each machine have it's own IP to the Internet or is it all behind a
proxy?
-- Jonathan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Caskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal windoze
machines to linux firewall (gateway)
> Hello...
>
> Here is the details of my network.
>
> External:
> 100MB connection to our ISP who is providing our primary dns services
> linux 6.2 firewall gateway (PIII - 600MHz cpu with 128MB ram, 30GB hHD)
> running qmail
>
> Internal:
> dlink 10/100 24 port switch
> 20 win9x desktop machines (various hardware config's) running DHCP
> 1 PIII 400 with 128MB ram PDC, WINS, etc
>
> Please let me know if you need more detail
>
> Greg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal windoze
> machines to linux firewall (gateway)
>
>
> > Can you give us a detailed description of what your network looks like,
> > along with some network hardware descriptions?
> >
> > -- Jonathan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Greg Caskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal windoze
> > machines to linux firewall (gateway)
> >
> >
> > > Hello...
> > >
> > > Well, except the internal network is the only slow section with
> > > smtp,pop3,ftp, etc From the outside world pop3, http, etc are fine?
> > >
> > > Still Puzzled
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:41 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal windoze
> > > machines to linux firewall (gateway)
> > >
> > >
> > > > Could it have been a network issue on your ISP's side?
> > > > -- Jonathan
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Greg Caskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:15 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal windoze
> > > > machines to linux firewall (gateway)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Puzzling Question....
> > > > >
> > > > > I have not had a chance to implement this fix to the caching DNS
> > server,
> > > > > however Now our connection speed is no longer slow. I can get
> email,
> > > > > telnet, etc at regular speed? I have not updated any changes on
my
> > side
> > > > so
> > > > > I am wondering?
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have anything that I can look at to see what is changing?
> DNS
> > > > route
> > > > > and Netstat -a runs fine, nslookup on my 10.0.0.1 is still not
> getting
> > > > > resolved as my ISP (of course) does not know about it but the
> network
> > > > > resolves quickly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Stumped?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Emmanuel Seyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 4:13 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: Slow POP3 / SMTP / FTP connection from internal
windoze
> > > > > machines to linux firewall (gateway)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:48:54AM -0700, Greg Caskey wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. The 2nd NIC's IP address is 10.0.0.1 for the internal
> machines.
> > > > > Would my
> > > > > > > named.conf look like this:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > options {
> > > > > > > directory "/var/named";
> > > > > > > };
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Make it this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > options {
> > > > > > directory "/var/named";
> > > > > > forwarders { ISP backup 1 IP; ISP backup 2 IP; };
> > > > > > forward only;
> > > > > > listen-on { 10.0.0.1; };
> > > > > > };
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Or should it be for 10.0.0.1 instead of 127.0.0.1?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nope. All DNS servers are masters for 127.0.0 since 127.0.0.1
> > > > > > always points to the local machine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. The /etc/resolv.conf file should be as follows with my
server
> > as
> > > > the
> > > > > > > caching server?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brillant.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is there anything else I need to setup?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You'll need the /var/named/named.local file specified in
> named.conf
> >
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