Re: Download speeds drastically reduced through iptables

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On Friday 07 May 2004 8:10 am, Joe Riley wrote:

> dear mailing list.
> I am having a problem with my iptables setup, the server sharing the
> connection (192.168.0.1) gets download speeds of 120kb/sec, the problem is
> is that the box being masqueraded (192.168.0.2) - behind the firewall only
> gets no more than 30-40kb/sec. this slow speed is comparable to a 256kbit
> isdn .. and it really bothers me.
>
> what is the secret for unlocking the speed in iptables?

It's hard to answer such a broad question, however I'd be interested to know 
if the performance is the same if you use a cabled connection instead of a 
wireless link to the machine?

I'm just wondering about things like collisions, latency, MTU, whatever...

Regards,

Antony.

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