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Slow downloads from Non-US sources

Nathan.S — Tue, 29 May 2018 16:28:26 GMT

Short version: large downloads from Non-US sources are slow.
The file I'm attempting to download is the ISO found here from Bacula: https://www.baculasystems.com/dl/KickStart/bacula-enterprise-trial-kickstart.iso

I have a sister firewall at another location with basically dupilicate config on the firewall and the file downloaded at more the expected time.

Showing the session info doesn't reveal any differences.

Any thoughts on where to start looking?

Re: Slow downloads from Non-US sources

reaper — Tue, 29 May 2018 18:09:04 GMT

hi @Nathan.S

Have you tried looking 'in front' of the firewall, just so you'd be able to exclude ISP peering issues?

next step would be to set up a packet-diag filter and trace the global counters to see if anything stands out

Re: Slow downloads from Non-US sources

Nathan.S — Tue, 29 May 2018 20:58:29 GMT

Really should have thought to try that before posting!

I'll plug in after hours and will update tomorrow.

Re: Slow downloads from Non-US sources

Nathan.S — Wed, 30 May 2018 13:27:17 GMT

Plugged in upstream of the firewall and still had the same issues.

Time to call and yell at the ISP.

Thanks for the tip/reminder!