I'll bet the trouble started when the Nachi worm started spreading. It uses pings to find hosts to infect. See the following to see what happens to NAT when pinged from the outside. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/556/4.html
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ethernet bogs down help has anyone seen this problem > [7:75238] > > > I have a customer that has a small office with a Cisco 56K > Frame router. > They > are running Nat. Now when I plug in the frame side the > ethernet side gets > constant request for translation then it gets to the point > where you can no > longer even ping the ethernet side. If I remove the RG45 > cable from the > frame side. > No problem the request stop and I can ping my ethernet side > of the router > fine with 10ml sec responses all day. The users office is > down because he > can not > get out to the web. I've checked for viruses and everything > seems fine. Does > anyone have any ideas? This one is driving me crazy. The ISP > says that my > router is bad, but I doubt it. It started all of a sudden > after working fine > for 2 > years. > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=75263&t=75263 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html