If you have IPdivert, does this mean that you have natd running? If so, then probably the initiation of a new session is paging in pages of the natd that were paged out. (and allocating new data structures.
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Brendan Kosowski wrote: > > I am running natd on a FreeBSD box with IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT added to > the kernel. Firewall type is open. > > I have noticed that when you run a server (eg. sendmail, named, pop3 etc.) > on the above, initial connection to the service is very slow (ie. between > 5 and 60 seconds ), however once connection has been established data > transfer becomes very fast (as per normal). > > If I disable natd and replace kernel with original, initial connection to > services is very fast. > > This box is on a network with very little traffic. > > I would greatly appreciate any help on speeding up initial connection to > services. > > > Regards, Brendan Kosowski > > ------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
