Paul said that the server "remains equally responsive throughout".
Paul, can you check the available memory on the server?
Could you be running out of available ports?
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andy David wrote:
>
> Sounds like a memory leak...
> Any other apps running on this box?
>
>
> Andy David
> J. Muller International / Egis, Inc.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:07 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [FW1] Erratic Performance on NT
>
>
>
> We are witnessing erratic performance from our FW-1 system. Before we give
> up completely on this platform, can I ask if any of you have suffered from
> (and hopefully corrected) the following.
>
> We are currently running FW1 v4.0 build 4055, on NT4/SP5, but the conditions
> we notice have been with us through various builds of FW1 since v3 and
> various NT service packs. Our firewall hardware is configured with three
> interfaces. We use NAT for some of our internal hosts, and also those in our
> DMZ. We also have three VPN's set up to our sister companies. These are
> using FWZ encryption. We do no content checking or SMTP relay checking.
> Those functions are carried out elsewhere.
>
> >From a reboot, the firewall will perform very well with transfer rates
> between 50KB/s and 60KB/s reported by Internet Explorer for downloads. The
> system will perform like this for anything between a few hours to a maximum
> of about five or six days. At the end of that period, performance through
> the firewall is excruciatingly slow, with transfer rates such as 300
> bytes/sec typically reported by Internet Explorer.
>
> Once the firewall gets into this state, only a reboot of the system will
> resolve the problem. Stopping and starting the firewall does not solve the
> problem. Interestingly, the firewall hardware (a 266Mhz Pentium II with
> 256MB RAM) remains equally responsive throughout. Only network throughput
> seems to be affected. There are no consistent entries in either the FW1 or
> NT logs to indicate a cause for this. We have a box outside of our firewall,
> on our link to the Internet. When the firewall is performing poorly,
> throughput from this host is as normal, so the link appears not to be at
> fault.
>
> Can anybody give me a hint as to how I can resolve this issue?
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Paul Hansson
> Manager, IT
> Tribon Solutions (UK) Limited
> (name change 22nd of June 2000 from Kockums Computer Systems (UK) Limited)
> Centre for Advanced Industry, Coble Dene, Royal Quays,
> North Shields, Tyne & Wear NE29 6DE, UK
> Tel: +44 191 201 0000, Fax: +44 191 201 0001
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web: www.tribon.com
>
>
>
> ============================================================================
> ====
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at
> http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html
> ============================================================================
> ====
>
>
> ================================================================================
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at
> http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html
> ================================================================================
>
--
--Paul
================================================================================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at
http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html
================================================================================
