njbennett122 Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 I currently use a Watchguard Firebox as my firewall and gateway for my home PC and servers. The firewall uses a small ADSL router as its gateway, which has all the fancy bits turned off and just routes traffic to and from the firebox. The firebox is currently using NAT, which is the source of my problems, but can see no way around it. Basically my MSN messenger service starts and connects fine. I have the relevant ports open on the firewall for all types of traffic (messenger, voice, video, file transfer) and all work. I do however have problems with file transfer. It connects and starts at a reasonable pace, then it slows right down to an incredibly slow transfer rate and stays there. It’s extremely annoying and make the file transfer useless, because it’s so slow! This will be because the firewall is Natting and a direct connection is being refused. Has anyone experienced the same thing, or know how I could resolve this? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 I have no probs with my hardware firewall! And NAT is switched on. Have you tried switching the firewall off? What about switching NAT off? It would seem odd that a connection is started ok, but then slows right down! As a last resort, have you tried the machine you use to surf in a DMZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 http://support.msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbennett122 Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Thankgs guys... I'll give them a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaffaCake Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Sounds like with an ADSL router and the Firebox, you're going to be natting twice. Why are you using the firebox and a router? Why not just a single box solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbennett122 Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 No sorry, i wasn't very clear. I have an ADSL router (Westell) but only use it for basic use. It is not natting at all, just picking up the connection and passing data from itself to the firebox and vice versa. Without the firebox in place it was fine, obviously identifying the firewall and it natting as the problem. I just cant see why everyone running NAT on a firewall has to suffer? Cheers Neal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaffaCake Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 We don't we just don't use fireboxes :-P Personally I have a UPNP device that auto-configures for MSN...works a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbennett122 Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 The firebox is a good firewall! its just unfortunate the firebox III doesn't support UPNP, or connections MSN likes. If it did, i wouldn't be asking Maybe it’s the firebox then... may have to delve into the Watchguard tech forum and ask there. great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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