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Astaro crashes after a period of constant traffic

When downloading from torrents Astaro freezes after some time, and does not respond to anything. Just the reset button works.

Specs:
Astaro version: 5.200
Motherboard: Asus P4V8X-X
CPU: Intel Celeron D 320 2.4 GHz 256KB
Memory: Some old noname 256mb
NIC: the onboard + a GB nic with I cant remember the name.

I have a feeling that some of this hardware specs can cause the problem, so I have ordered new parts, taken from the compitability list of ASL5:

Motherboard: Asus P4S8X-X
NIC's: D-Link DFE-530TX
A new memory module from Corsair (PC3200)

But I have a dull feeling that there might be something else causing this unexpected crash.. Any ideas?
There is nothing in the log, just normal activity.

EDIT: I just broswed the Intrusion protections log, and found several lines containing:

2005:03:11-11:05:15 (none) snort[835]: [1:2181:0] A P2P BitTorrent transfer [Classification: Potential Corporate Privacy Violation] [Priority: 1]: {PROTO006}

Could a massive logging of this kinda traffic cause the crash?

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0 bce over 20 years ago

hi,

please post your ips configuriation.
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0 DarkWader over 20 years ago in reply to bce

You mean ISP?

ADSL over ISDN (Ethernet)
Dynnamic IP bind to MAC on firewall.
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0 bce over 20 years ago in reply to DarkWader

no ips = intrusion protection system
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0 DarkWader over 20 years ago in reply to bce

Oh.. sry [:)]

Its set to protect internal network.
Portscan detection activated
Notifications levels are: High severity only on both.
Policy: drop silently.
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0 bce over 20 years ago in reply to DarkWader

try with ips deactivated and it should solve your problem. if you need ips than should take some time and configure it to your need. because if you would like to download torrent files then you shouldn't block them in ips
( p2p & policy ) [;)]
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0 blueorder over 20 years ago in reply to bce

I am having the same problem.

Configuration:

ASL v5.200

Dual PIII, 733MHz
1GB RAM
Quad D-link Gb card
40GB HD

I have IPS disabled...haven't used it...

After a while of bittorrent activity, ASL just freezes...reset button needed...
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0 blueorder over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

Anyone have any input on this problem we are seeing?

Thanks...
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0 blueorder over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

Did some testing and found out that the problem may lie with the Dlink cards. I put in a 3Com card for the internal interface, an Intel for the External and opened a few torrents to max out both up and down overnight. It held...
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0 VelvetFog over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

Yes, bad NICs would do it.

And here I thought the Dlink cards had been getting better over the years. Back around 10 years ago, one of the quickest way to eliminate network problems was to locate all the Dlink NICs and cull them.

You can't go wrong sticking with 3Com and Intel NICs. Generally speaking, they are the best.
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0 blueorder over 20 years ago in reply to VelvetFog

I've learned my lesson...the box is still running strong...
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0 andreas over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

It seems that everyone must learn that lesson for himself. Years ago I had a machine which did the firewalling and routing for my home network (at that time running on ipchains). I could cause such a freeze by doing much traffic, and from time to time even a NIC died. Initially, I bought 4 realtek cards, but after the second one died in only a few months and the freeze problem persisted I decided to drop the realtek cards and bought 3COM cards instead. Since then no more freezes, and all cards are running fine.
Every so often I tell that story, because I spent DAYS searching for the source of the freeze problem, time I could have spent more useful.

Please keep in mind that this posting does only reflect my personal opinion; it does not state or reflect those of Astaro. I just wanted to add my 0.02$ - in hope that it saves you time.

Cheers,
andreas
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0 mtruss over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

But waht about the security gap left by the fact that IPS is de-activated?
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0 mtruss over 20 years ago in reply to blueorder

But waht about the security gap left by the fact that IPS is de-activated?
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