Problems with NBT packets through a cisco 2620 router

[sclnorth]

Hello,

We've two different IP ranges on our LAN connected via a cisco 2620 router. When we save an excel file from a pc on the first ip net to a server on the second ip range it takes 8 mins. When we do the same on a pc on the same ip net it takes only 45 sec. I suppose that this has something to do with the configuration of the router. Response time of ip traffic seems to be normal. Only NBT packests seems to give a very poor response time. I've tried to forward UDP traffic (ip forward-protocol udp) but no improvement. Can somebody help ?

[steve.barlow]

Are they on the same interface (ie using secondary addresses)? If yes, inlcude the command "ip route-cache same-interface".

Is WINS used?

Can you use a sniffer (or use debug ip packet on the router, use carefully or with an acl) to see where the delays are?

Also, 45 seconds for a same LAN copy is long (must be a big file) - are the interfaces being overloaded - show interface and show buffers?

Hope it helps.

Steve

[sclnorth]

Hello, thks for your reply.

No they're not on the same interface so no secondary addresses used.

Yes, we use WINS and the problem is that we don't have a sniffer here to see where delay is located.

The file is 15M so indeed quite big.

Kind regards

Wim

[steve.barlow]

To copy a file on a LAN that is only 15Mbytes should take less than 5 seconds (about 2 sec in a 100Mbs LAN). If it is taking 45 for you, I would suspect a PC issue. On the server/PC in question, you can download for free Ethereal and see how long the PC is holding the packets before sending. I would start with the PCs, make sure they aren't the bottleneck, then move to the router/network.

Hope it helps.

Steve