Subject: Re: IPNAT Very Slow
To: Rob Gridley <rob@mhzdesign.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/10/2001 16:54:56
=09Is it possibly a network card issue - have you tested raw
=09throughput on each interface without IPNAT?

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On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Rob Gridley wrote:

> I recently setup a computer to do IPNAT and replace and old Netopia route=
r I
> was using. I am finding it to be very slow. Much slower than the Netopia
> router. I configured everything according to the IPNAT section in the Net=
BSD
> Manual and recompiled the kernel with IPNAT support.
>
> The machine is a PowerPC 604e @ 200MHz, 128MB RAM, 2GB SCSI HD, two Asant=
=E9
> 10/100t ethernet cards running NetBSD 1.5.1.
>
> Here's what my IPNAT.conf looks like...
> map de0 192.168.1.1/24 -> 0/32 proxy port ftp ftp/tcp
> map de0 192.168.1.1/24 -> 0/32 portmap tcp/udp 40000:60000
> map de0 192.168.1.1/24 -> 0/32
>
> Both ethernet cards are connected to 100t switches. One internally and on=
e
> externally. I am only able to get 200-500kB/sec through the IPNAT machine=
=2E I
> used to get about 900kB/sec through the Netopia router and it was only 10=
t.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>