may i also sugest that you use something like nullident to give everone
using nat the same ident, i use it here. works great, checkout
freshmeat.net for more info.
-xs
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|Greg Albrecht KF4MKT [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
|Safari Internet www.safari.net|
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Matt Buford wrote:
>Add the -R option to your tcpserver command lines to disable ident lookups.
>Without -R, tcpserver attempts to do an ident lookup, which then causes the
>10-15 second delay while it times out when the user is behind either a
>firewall or NAT which just blackholes your connection attempt.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Reid Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 11:46 AM
>Subject: tcpserver and firewalls/NAT
>
>
>> It seems that tcpserver is having problem communicating with people using
>> NAT (Network Address Translation) or are behind a firewall (which for the
>> most part is NAT).
>>
>> I have 2 large scale clients, and they both state it takes them roughly
>> 10-15 seconds to send or receive email. I have my smtp/pop3 both running
>> under tcpserver. I've tried adding the -o option, but with still no
>results.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this problem, or have an answer for me?
>>
>>
>> Reid Sutherland
>> Network Administrator
>> ISYS Technology Inc.
>> http://www.isys.ca
>> Fingerprint: 1683 001F A573 B6DF A074 0C96 DBE0 A070 28BE EEA5
>>
>>
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