Re: Sonicwall SOHO2: the never ending saga

From: Adam Leinss (aleinss_at_toughguy.net)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:05:49 GMT

"Don Kelloway" <dkelloway@commodon.com> wrote in
news:48f4b.9711$Om1.9331@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> "Adam Leinss" <aleinss@toughguy.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns93E7D7AC84A7Caleinsstoughguynet@toughguy.net...
>> So now I have this firewall working fine with my Linksys BEFW11S4
>> router. Now the problem is that this firewall has slowed down my
>> connection considerably. If I ping www.google.com, some of the
> packets
>> are normal (60ms) and some are very high (800ms+!). I just tried
>> playing Quake 2 and Renegade and holy lag! I remove the firewall
>> and all is well? Suggestions? I forced 100 MB full between the
>> router
> and
>> the firewall and no improvement.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>
> Check the MTU
>

It's set to 1500 on the Sonicwall. If I attempt to change it, it
won't let me. Your suggestion got me searching and it was suggested
that I allow fragmented packets. I did this and games are still
jerky. Here's a copy of my firewall log:

SonicWALL 0040-1011-171B Log (part 1) dumped to email at 2003-08-31 15:57:57
08/31/2003 15:44:50.928 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:192.168.0.111, 3, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, 3, WAN -
08/31/2003 15:44:59.496 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 3171, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:45:14.048 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.162.139.15, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:46:18.016 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.162.125.14, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:46:47.784 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 3826, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:47:30.048 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.163.67.63, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:48:36.864 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.157.246.191, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:49:48.240 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.159.137.254, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:50:12.288 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 3843, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:50:49.096 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.160.214.253, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:51:17.160 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 4065, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:51:54.016 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.161.0.244, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:52:21.560 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 4315, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:53:16.704 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.161.99.96, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:53:36.160 - UDP packet dropped - Source:192.246.40.37, 1068, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, 9231, WAN - Port: 9231 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:53:36.160 - Fragmented Packet Dropped - Source:192.246.40.37, 17, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Protocol: 17 -
08/31/2003 15:53:37.208 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 4380, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:54:18.736 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.157.183.223, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:54:46.096 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:192.168.0.111, 3, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, 3, WAN -
08/31/2003 15:55:42.416 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.161.41.155, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:56:21.192 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 1347, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -
08/31/2003 15:57:08.320 - ICMP packet dropped - Source:24.162.86.163, 8, WAN - Destination:24.160.x.x, WAN - Ping, Code: 0 - Rule 4
08/31/2003 15:57:32.768 - Web access request received - Source:192.168.1.3, 1358, LAN - Destination:192.168.1.60, 80, LAN - Web (HTTP) -

Thanks,
Adam

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