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Date:      Thu, 09 Apr 1998 10:29:40 -0500
From:      "Adam L. Simpson" <adam@netsonic.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   FreeBSD on a Novell Network with NT Clients - Slow
Message-ID:  <199804091528.KAA01826@localhost.intranet>

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Hello:

We are running a FreeBSD box on a Novell Network with NT Clients on a
intranet.

After about 4 months without any problems - performance wise, all of a
sudden the box is very slow to react.  A reinstall of the os and web server
did not help nor did running a separate box with the 2.2.5 and 2.2.6
release.  Same effect.  Reaction to an initial telnet session is very slow
but once in, reactions are immediate.  The same with the web server.   If
we go to the web site, it is slow to respond, then once it is in, reacts
very quickly but then sputters out again after a bit and is very slow
somtimes as long as 1 minute to respond.

Now at first we thought maybe somthing on the box may have blown up... But
after reinstalls, replicating on other machines, replacement of nic card
etc.  It has continued to operate the same.. slow.  I have come to the
conclusion it is somthing on our internal network but havnt a clue where
else to look...

We have tried different gateways, different nic cards, differnet ip
addresses, different network segments... etc.. all to no avail.. the only
thing that does work is when I put it on a different network or outside the
firewall.

The next thing we did was enable a box and locate it outside the firewall.
Now if we go to this box from inside the network, it responds fine - very
fast and responds almost immediately.

Does anyone have any clues as to where else we can look or what else we may
try.  We are not getting any complaints from anyone who is surfing the net,
accessing the AS400 or any of the file servers.  So it appears to be
somthing between the network and my FreeBSD box.

Any help would be appreciated on what we may want to try.


First Box Internal - turtle slow

FreeBSD intranet 2.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Apr  1
11:51:00 GMT 1997     jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

Second Box - External - works fine.

207# uname -a
FreeBSD 207.170.35.125 2.2.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 25
02:28:49 GMT 1998     jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
 

I put the second box on the internal network and the response of it was
slow as the first

Appreciate the help.

Adam





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