My problems do not have anything to do with the initial host discovery.
I have a WINS server defined on the remote end of the tunnel. The
performance degradation I observer has to do with changing directories
on an identified host and the instability of file transfers to and from
attached network drives.
Regards
Andreas
Sanjiv Bawa wrote:
>
> Try putting an entry into the lmhosts.sam file in your file server with an
> IP address. So, the client will not have to broadcast to find the domain.
>
> Browsing typically uses broadcast packets and that causes problems.
>
> SB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-admin_at_lists.freeswan.org
> [mailto:users-admin_at_lists.freeswan.org]On Behalf Of Andreas Steffen
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:05 PM
> To: rmcclurg_at_csc.com
> Cc: users_at_lists.freeswan.org
> Subject: Re: [Users] NT networking over a FreeS/WAN tunnel
>
> 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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