Hi, Have you checked the interface stat for errors?  "show interface | include error" Have you checked if there was any capture running. Even if they are paused, they still consume cpu cycles, you will have to remove the capture if that is running.  ...

Hi, you can use asa packet tracer tool to understand the packet flow, nat,acl, egress iface. also check "show xlate local 192.168.101.225"  if that show correct translation. if you use ssh, "packet-tracer outside input tcp 1.1.1.1 111 x.x.x.3 443 det...