[SLUG] IP masq timeouts question

[Alex JuniorBurger <bian_les@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
 I have a bunch of machines connected to the net
behind my Linux gateway (with optus cable) that all
get fine speeds. The gateway itself however, is
extremely sluggish eg. firing off a http request for a
US site might result in 10Kb/s, then suddenly die off.
Pages will arrive in a few minutes if they are under
50K!
 Someone mentioned a while back that this could be due
to IP masq timeout values. The closest thing I found
in the IP masq HOWTO was:

<snipped>
#  10 sec timeout for traffic after the TCP/IP "FIN"
packet is received
/ipchains -M -S 7200 10 60

I'm not sure if this really relates to the problem I
am having (I am not having TCP sessions timeout
quickly)?
 This is a big inconvenience for me, so any help at
all would be appreciated.

Regards,
Alex

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