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
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. The encryption overhead and known issues with TCP/IP being slower on Windows add up and cause PPTP to crawl. Add on top of that 56K + internet traffic betwe

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