Re: Pix performance woes [7:53898]

2002-09-23 Thread mike greenberg
First of all, the Pix515E is running on an Intel Celeron 433Mhz, not PII. I have customers that have no problem migrating from CheckPoint NG (FP2) over to Pix515 firewall (running version 6.2(2)). At the same time, I've seen customers having problems with the Pix firewalls that I have to migrate

Pix performance woes [7:53898]

2002-09-23 Thread Symon Thurlow
Hi All, I have a question regarding PIX perfromance. and wanted to see what the experienced PIX crowd here has seen before. I am migrating from two seperate Checkpoint 4.1 boxes running on PC's (PIII 733) to one failover 515e bundle. The 515e has a PII 433 cpu in it. The environment is an on

Re: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955]

2002-03-22 Thread Mohannad Khuffash
Dear All, I would first thank you for your worthfull contributions which enable me to solve the problem! The problem was that the interfaces is set to full duplex (10full or 100full commands), and when i change the configuration to 10base and 100base the problem has been solved totally !! I'm stil

Re: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955]

2002-03-21 Thread Patrick Ramsey
I would hate to ask the obvious but are your interfaces showing high error rates? Are they at half duplex? Are they at 10mb? Is the switch the inside interface is plugged into stable? what about the router on the other side? -Patrick >>> "Mohannad Khuffash" 03/20/02 02:47PM >>> Dear all, My

RE: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955]

2002-03-21 Thread Greene, Patrick
ECTED] Cc: Subject: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955] Dear all, My problem with th PIX still present! the throughput between my inside cleints an the out side ftp server still very low ! the only node between them is the PIX,and

RE: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955]

2002-03-20 Thread Kent Hundley
you do so. -Kent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mohannad Khuffash Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955] Dear all, My problem with th PIX still present! the

PIX performance problem again ! [7:38955]

2002-03-20 Thread Mohannad Khuffash
Dear all, My problem with th PIX still present! the throughput between my inside cleints an the out side ftp server still very low ! the only node between them is the PIX,and the speed cann't be more than 50K B/s, i have checked the two cisco fixing problem for such like these cases: DNS pointer

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-07 Thread J Roysdon
The new Windows 2000 VPN Concentrator v3 client is out, but won't be supported on the PIX until the v6 software is released (and some newer version of IOS to support it on routers). Before dropping money to upgrade the PIX, I'd suggest looking at the Cisco Concentrator line which is geared specif

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-03 Thread Adrian Chew
""Kevin O'Gilvie"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I only have 32 megs on the 515r, the upgrade adds 32 m and a licence which > makes it 515UR for 6k. I was thinking that it was pptp, but since I am using > local authentication, users authentic

RE: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Ian Stong
1 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pix Performance Issues I only have 32 megs on the 515r, the upgrade adds 32 m and a licence which makes it 515UR for 6k. I was thinking that it was pptp, but since I am using local authentication, users authenticate at the fw w

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Kevin O'Gilvie
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Pix Performance Issues >Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:32:31 -0500 > >Yes. It's not a PIX issue causing the slow VPN. It's a Microsoft issue. >I >validated this by putting a vpn test box outside the firewall.

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Allen May
atements (as required in docs). How much memory do you have in the PIX? Allen - Original Message - From: "Kevin O'Gilvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Pix Performance Issues > I have a pix 515 R, and

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Rik
You've asked several questions here and I will give you my take on them. I have found that the PPTP client is slower than the Cisco Secure client, but you don't have any real choice for the moment. It is also possible that you've overloaded the PIX with concurrent VPN users. The encryption proc

Re: Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Ruihai An
PPTP VPN does put a lot overhead on your PIX, more than IPsec. The good news is that VPN client for 2k already available and we just started to rollout. Ruihai ""Kevin O'Gilvie"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have a pix 515 R, and I have n

Pix Performance Issues

2001-04-02 Thread Kevin O'Gilvie
I have a pix 515 R, and I have noticed that I have to clear xlate at least once a day in order to keep it from slowing down internet access, also I have users complaining on how slow the vpn is, I am using ms pptp, due to the fact that the windows 2000 client has not come out yet. How can I get

RE: PIX Performance

2001-04-01 Thread Hartnell, George
It *was* broke. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I finally tried shutting down the primary. Bandwidth was immediately improved. S, I'm calling this a faulty 515 primary system E0 interface. Best, G. _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http:

RE: PIX Performance

2001-03-31 Thread Hartnell, George
How's about a little 'real-life' observation on a 515UR/failover package: Problem: external limited to ~850Kbit/s since install. Normal range, 2.5-3.5Mbits/s internal ether on 515 does not exceed 140-160KBytes/s internal ether has unusual number of IP transport retransmissions. no apparent loops/

RE: PIX Performance

2001-03-29 Thread Moe Tavakoli
ll below the PIX's > ability. > full rated capacity of the > wire anyway :)> > > > Thanks! > TJ > > -Original Message- > From: Groupstudy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 22:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject

RE: PIX Performance

2001-03-29 Thread Evans, TJ
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 22:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PIX Performance Bottlenecks almost always end up being the smallest pipe on a network. In your case you have a possible 4 T1's which even when all are fully utilized will only pass around

Re: PIX Performance

2001-03-15 Thread Groupstudy
bout the matter at hand than you do :-) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: PIX Performance > Hello everyone. Here is the situation. A client of mine plans on setting up > some DMZs off

PIX Performance

2001-03-15 Thread IanRaker
Hello everyone. Here is the situation. A client of mine plans on setting up some DMZs off either a PIX 515 or 525. Servers will consist of smtp relay, ftp, 2 to 4 web servers, 2 OWA servers, and 5 to 10 web app servers. Inside (the internal LAN), there are about 10 servers, some database,