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Hello everyone.

I am newbie to the list, and let me
preface the question by letting everyone know that I
have read the latest HOW-TO's and the posts on the list
before sending this.

Here is my dillema:

I'm using Kernel 2.4.4 with iptables 1.2.3
I have 2 Windows 2000 clients connected through a switch to my linux box.

The linux box has 2 interfaces:
- eth0 connected through a cable modem to the internet
  (gets its IP-Address from dhcpcd: 212.4.84.73)
- eth1 connected to the internal network
  (has the IP-Address 192.168.3.200)
- the 2 win2k clients have the addresses 192.168.3.10 and 192.168.3.20

IP Masquerading works fine, but http connections becomes EXTREMELY slow
after a few seconds (less than 1 kBytes/sec).
Now the really strange thing: If I start Windows 98 instead of Windows 2000
on a client, the same page
will be downloaded 10 times faster (~40 kBytes/sec)
If I access this page directly from the linux box, using w3m, it becomes as
slow as the Win2k client.

One example which can be reproduced every time.
Download this file http://www.cancellieri.org/updates/personal_full.zip (~6
MB)
Win2k: The first 2~5 seconds are fast, afterwards extremely SLOW, less than
1 kBytes/sec
Win98: Always fast, average 40 kBytes/sec (less than 2 minutes)
Linux: Always SLOW, less than 3 kBytes/sec

This phenomenon occurs only with http connects, ftp transfers are always
fast, on every plattform.
It does NOT depend on the browser, I tried different browsers (e.g. IE 5.5,
Opera 5.12, Netscape 4.76).

Does anyone have an explanation and a solution for this problem or similar
experience??

Thanks in advance.
Dani

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