Hi!

All of my systems were fine except those systems running DNS. You aren't running DNS on your Mac or winblows box so they would never see the problem. And I don't mean using NSLOOKUP or querying DNS. I mean running a real DNS server (BIND 9.2.1). And the problem was not just on linux and it wasn't a slow-ness. It was on several different OS/hardware I have running BIND and it was a complete failure on accepting responding packets.. However, if I told all of my systems to use the DI-604 for DNS querries everything was fine. I however can't use a device that has a bug like that so I took it back.

From you original message it sounded like your linux box was running DNS.

Anyway, I changed the firewall out with a Netgear (I won't buy linksys) FVS318 Pro and bam, like old times. Everything halls bits and works great.

Good luck!
Dave

try changing the ordering of the nameservers in your resolv.conf

When all was said and done, the problem *was* with the DI-604. I spoke with their tech support without success. I tried different distributions, etc. , but no luck. I finally ditched the D-link DI-604 and replaced it with a Netgear and everything runs beautifully. Hopefully this information saves someone else the same headache in the future.