On 5 Mar 2002, at 23:01, Tom Sparks wrote:

> I recently installed a PIX 525 with dual Gig-E interfaces and I'm
> somewhat puzzled by the results I'm seeing, especially since I
> didn't see them with 100BaseT (which is what was configured
> previously on the same box). 
> 
> The internal interface is showing about 25% more data in than the
> external interface is sending out. It can't be that there are that
> many denied packets outbound because I've run the FW with an "allow
> all" ruleset on both interfaces and still saw the same problem. 
> 
> I've confirmed that its not an accounting error on the inside with
> monitoring the switch's port. It could be a problem on the
> external interface, but I really doubt it. 
> 
> Both interfaces appear normal, and have no errors on them. The
> firewall isn't losing packets, and isn't running out of memory. 
> 
> The pix is plugged into Catalyst 6500's on both ends of the link.

  If this were internal broadcast traffic, you'd have seen it on 
100BaseT....

  But Gig-E probably means you're plugged into a different interface 
now.  Might that interface be receiving spanning-tree or VLAN 
trunking traffic from the 6500?

DG


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