[Openswan Users] VPN and Samba

[Paul Wouters]

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Paulino Reyes wrote:

>   I successfully setup a vpn connection to connect our 2 campuses network..checking intranet mail server is fast and ok as well as other web application..the problem is when i try to access a file server, the response is too slow,i already have a wins server configured...ive read something about mtu/txquelen but how do i get to fix it?

First determine whether WINS/lookups are the problem or not. Use ping with various packet sizes. try
tcp clamping. try changing the mtu on the ethX interfaces involved.

Paul