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 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

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 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 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 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

2001-04-03 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

2001-04-07 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