Why is there an intermittent traffic loss from a Smoothwall when behind a Cisco ASA?
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Summary
How to stop the Cisco ASA software threat detection limiting the connection rate of the Smoothwall
Problem
A Smoothwall behind a Cisco ASA appliance is suffering intermittent traffic loss.
An issue similar to "flood mitigation" on the ISA appliance, this issue can occur on a Smoothwall that's configured behind a Cisco ASA appliance, causing periods of traffic loss, including not being able to ping the ASA for a short amount of time.
Solution
There's a threat-detection configuration that can be applied to the ASA that includes connection rate limiting options:
It is recommended adding your Smoothwallto the exceptions list.
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29 July 2016 |
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DMT |