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Re: [Users] NT networking over a FreeS/WAN tunnel

From: Andreas Steffen (andreas.steffen_at_zhwin.ch)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 21:05:06 CEST


rmcclurg_at_csc.com wrote:
>
> I am running a tunnel from a Dachstein firewall to a Cisco router. WINS
> servers are on the inside of the Cisco and Windows machines on the inside
> of the Dachstein. The Cisco router NATs the Tunnel addresses to routable
> addresses on its inside interface.
>
> Everything seems to be working fine through the tunnel (TCP, ICMP, UDP)
> except the NT networking. DHCP on the Dachstein passes the correct Wins
> information to the Windows PCs. I can logon (usually). I can map drives on
> servers, if I know in advance the server/share name. Mapped drives are
> horrendously slow. I can not browse the NT domain. I can not use network
> printers.
>

Your observations totally agree with mine. The SMB protocol is awfully slow.
Changing to subdirectories takes several seconds. And often file
copying operations abort whereas ftp over the same tunnel is fine.
My nominal cable bandwidth is 512 kbit/s in the uplink and 128 kbit/s
in the downlink!
 
> Does anyone have a clue as to what might be the problem?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Roger McClurg
> rmcclurg_at_csc.com

Regards

Andreas

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