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06-08-2006 11:39 AM - edited 03-03-2019 12:56 PM
Hi,
I have a problem with a Cisco 1841 router running IOS Version 12.3(11)T5.
I use NAT to access the Internet through the router.
Sometimes, around 3-4 times a day, all Internet access stops because our DNS
server cannot access the Internet to resolve addresses. All Internet
communication from this server is stoped. If I issue a "clear ip nat
translation *" command to the router it works again.
I heard that the default NAT timeout value are not optimum and that i should
enter different values for tcp, udp and dns timeouts. Is it right ?
Here's my config. Thank you for your advice.
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Current configuration : 3894 bytes
!
version 12.3
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
!
hostname gateway
!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash flash:c1841-entbase-mz.123-11.T5.bin
boot-end-marker
!
security authentication failure rate 3 log
security passwords min-length 6
logging buffered 51200 debugging
logging console critical
!
clock timezone PCTime -5
clock summer-time PCTime date Apr 6 2003 2:00 Oct 26 2003 2:00
mmi polling-interval 60
no mmi auto-configure
no mmi pvc
mmi snmp-timeout 180
no aaa new-model
ip subnet-zero
no ip source-route
ip cef
!
!
ip tcp synwait-time 10
!
!
no ip bootp server
ip domain name grimard.ca
ip name-server 198.x.x.130
no ftp-server write-enable
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Bersimis$FW_INSIDE$$ES_LAN$$ETH-SW-LAUNCH$$INTF-INFO-FE
0$$ETH-LAN$
ip address 10.1.1.200 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat inside
ip route-cache flow
duplex auto
speed auto
no cdp enable
no mop enabled
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description Internet$ETH-LAN$
ip address XX.XX.244.58 255.255.255.248
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat outside
ip route-cache flow
duplex auto
speed auto
no cdp enable
no mop enabled
!
interface FastEthernet0/0/0
no ip address
no cdp enable
!
interface FastEthernet0/0/1
no ip address
no cdp enable
!
interface FastEthernet0/0/2
no ip address
no cdp enable
!
interface FastEthernet0/0/3
no ip address
no cdp enable
!
interface Vlan1
description DMZ
ip address 10.1.5.11 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
!
ip classless
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 XX.XX.244.57 permanent
!
ip http server
ip http authentication local
ip http timeout-policy idle 600 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source list 100 interface FastEthernet0/1 overload
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.1.5.13 25 XX.XX.244.58 25 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.1.5.13 80 XX.XX.244.58 80 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.1.5.13 110 XX.XX.244.58 110 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.1.5.13 443 XX.XX.244.58 443 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.1.1.17 3389 XX.XX.244.58 3389 extendable
!
logging trap debugging
access-list 100 permit ip 0.0.0.0 10.255.255.255 any
no cdp run
!
!
!
control-plane
!
banner login ^CAuthorized access only!
Disconnect IMMEDIATELY if you are not an authorized user!^C
!
line con 0
login local
transport output telnet
line aux 0
login local
transport output telnet
line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
login local
transport input telnet
line vty 5 15
privilege level 15
login local
transport input telnet
!
scheduler allocate 4000 1000
end
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06-08-2006 11:10 PM
Hello,
I am not sure if your NAT timeouts are the problem. You might want to try and add a static NAT entry for your DNS as following:
ip nat inside source static udp 10.1.5.13 53 x.x.244.58 53 extendable
(this is assuming that 10.1.5.13 is the internal IP address of your DNS server, if the address is a different one, change it accordingly)...
Regards,
GNT
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06-09-2006 04:12 AM
Thank you.
I'll try that and post the results.
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06-09-2006 06:34 AM
Alas, I still had the problem twice this morning.
Anything else to try ?
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06-09-2006 10:09 AM
What is the translation count up to when you have to clear it? I see that you are overloading on a sinle IP as far as NAT is concerned. If you have a lot of traffic from the inside trying to go out (possibly even virus or worm) the you could be hitting your translation limit (somewhere around 65,000) for a single ip address. Hope this helps.
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06-12-2006 05:02 AM
I have around 400 nat translations when I have to clear them.
I have 5 other public IP adresses available. Would it help if I add them ? or should I add one only to nat my mail/dns server ?
Thank you.
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06-12-2006 05:27 AM
400 translations should not be killing your connection. I did run into an issue one time on an ASA5540. I was overloading on a single IP and at different intervals, it would stop allow new VPN connections. I wound up shifting the overload to a different IP address other than the outside IP address. I would try and create a new overload or a pool with your other IPs and just nat on those and not the outside address. Hope this helps.
