Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 07:33:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> To: George Michaelson <ggm@dstc.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'stalls' from ipfw-stateful box on network connects Message-ID: <200006010533.HAA64286@info.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <200006010110.LAA04298@asuncion.dstc.edu.au> from George Michaelson at "Jun 1, 2000 11:10:16 am"
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> I am testing a FreeBSD-4.0 stable machine as a firewall, and > have a reasonably complex ipfw ruleset that probably does > invoke some stateful rules. "probably" ??? > ssh and telnet sessions to this box appear to go into a stalled > state, where there is a 30sec pause before they re-awake and > respond to user input. > > pinging the interface can wake them up again, which is why I > suspect its something in the ipfw engine. actually i'd rather suspect the interface! more details maybe would help ? cheers luigi > now clearly, for a box which is shuffling bits frequently this > wouldn't be a problem because there'd be enough through-traffic > to keep things ticking over. > > am I mis-diagnosing things? is this also visible as a side-effect > of apm or other stuff? > > what else apart from ipfw/state can make connects to a box hang > if idle for more than a few minutes? > > cheers > -George > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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