here is the output from the netstat -ni ... [root@radium root]# netstat -ni Kernel Interface table Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg eth0 1500 064374866 0 0 169244643 0 0 0 BMRU eth0:1 1500 0 698461 0 0 0 674916 0 0 BMRU eth1 1500 067829304 0 0 26760844194 0 0 0 BMRU eth1:1 1500 0 698461 0 0 0 674916 0 0 0 BMRU eth2 1500 0 698461 0 0 0 674916 0 0 0 BMRU lo 16436 0 54 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 LRU and no my firewall is not a P-75 ... :) it is a PIII 850 with 512 MB RAM. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Opperisano" <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "netfilter" <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:41 PM Subject: Re: bad ftp speeds through nat On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 02:39:36PM -0400, Peter Marshall wrote: > It looks like it is slow with any type of file transfer through the firewall > .. not just ftp ... does "netstat -ni" on the firewall show any interface errors? any possibility of a speed/duplex mismatch between the firewall's interfaces and the switches it's connected to (mii-tool/ethtool can help here)? is your firewall a P-75 that might not be capable of filtering more than 300 Kbps (semi joking...)? -j -- "This has purple stuff inside - purple is a fruit." --The Simpsons