Re: CLI performance thru firewall

First, What type of firewall are you running? If I am to understand you correctly you have the following Web app ---> Firewall ----> Informix Server And the initial connection is slow? But if you try : Web app ----> Informix Server, Things appear at *normal* speed? This would imply that it is your firewall that is causing some of the problems. I would have to know more. BTW, if you are using NT for your firewall system, don't expect too much security! (NT blows!) -Mike Dick Counsell wrote: > Hi - > > We are running Informix OnLine DS 7.20.TE1 on an NT 4.0 Server. When > trying to make a connection with Informix CLI it takes about 15-20 seconds > to make the initial connection. After that performance is acceptable, but > since we are connecting with a web app we generally aren't doing much after > the initial query. The server is outside our firewall and we are trying to > connect from inside the firewall. > > Connecting to identical servers inside the firewall only takes a second or > two. Connecting to the machine that is outside the firewall with FTP or > HTTP is immediate. > > Does anyone have advice on what we should look for? We have tried > connecting with the IP address in the connection string instead of a > hostname (thinking it might be hung up trying to resolve the name), but > that had no effect on the connection time. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dick Counsell > WRQ, Inc.