[PLUG] (Semi-OT:) Linksys router messes up my LAN

[Don Buchholz]

David Fleck wrote:

>A few weeks ago, I got a Linksys wireless router.  This router acts as the
>gateway/firewall between the internet and our home LAN.  ... <snip> ...
>
>Everything seemed OK at first, but then I noticed that getting large
>(10MB+) files to download didn't work very well.  Transfers would progress
>for about 5 - 10 MB and then hang, indefinitely. The amount downloaded
>varied, but would always crap out at about the same point for a given
>file.  Attempting to re-download gets either the same result, or an even
>smaller amount downloaded, or simply no connection at all.
>
>
I have the same problem with a SonicWall box at work -- large files 
(e.g. Linux
and OpenOffice distros) progress to a certain point and hang.  I suspect 
there
might be a time or size (N bytes or packets) limit on how long a TCP 
connection
entry may be kept in the firewall's state table.

It's only an annoyance, because the *real* firewall (and VPN router) is
a RedHat box doing iptables(8).  But if anyone can shed some light on this
problem, I would certainly appreciate it.

- Don