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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:01:24 +0100 (CET)
From:      Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>
To:        "Richardson, Martin" <RicharMP@Pasminco.com.au>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Routing trouble... slow FTP
Message-ID:  <20021113000044.I16813-100000@voo.doo.net>
In-Reply-To: <E55FB9C6DD58D61199550002A5DA731F15E3E7@hoas18.pasminco.net.au>

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On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, at 09:51 [=GMT+1100], Richardson, Martin wrote:

> I have a dial on demand server running FreeBSD 4.7. This also has wu-ftpd
> running as well. I have noticed that whe trying to FTP to the box, it takes
> a long time to connect (I usually have the modem switched off, but will dial
> if I have left it on while trying to FTP into the box). I have noticed also
> that Sendmail has trouble sending local mail (daily reports etc). These
> problems dissappear when a the ppp link is up, or I have killed the ppp
> process. I suspect these problems might be due to the routing table entries
> made by ppp (add default HISADDR). netstat -r takes forever, unless the link
> is up. When I do a "tcpdump -i tun0" I get 192.168.x.x traffic going to my
> ISP's DNS servers.

One wonders what there is in your /etc/resolv.conf

> What would be the best way to fix this? use PPP's firewalling, or IPFW? or
> is there a better way?
> TIA, Martin
>
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