Bogdan wrote:

>> Our customer's intranet has two PCs:
>> One is Linux RH with Firebird 1.5.1, database 2.5G
>> Copy of that database is on Win XP Firebird 1.5.1.
>>
>>From intranet there is no difference in connection time
>>
>> When we try to connect from outside world, the connection to WinXP is

fast,

>> to Linux is very slow.
>>
>> If someone has some clue, we will be very gratefull

>How/Where is the outside world connected?
>Given that there is not a problem internally, the problem will be how
>the linux box sees the outside world. If it is via the windows box ...
>I have a routing hub on the ADSL connection, and both my windows and
>linux machines are as fast as one another when accessed from the other
>side of that - but I have to use different ports as I only have a single
>IP address in the outside world ;)

>--
>Lester Caine
>-----------------------------
>L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Hi

Customer's connection to outer world is thru router - single IP address
We use different ports for Linux and WinXp

Bogdan