From: raydias@hp.com   
      
   See if the packets are being fragmented with the following command   
      
   ping internalserver -f -l 1444   
      
   The 1444 is the mtu size. Adjust it to see what the fragmentation is. If you   
   get   
      
   Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.   
      
   Then your being fragmented and need to adjust MTU. Depending on your VPN   
   solution, you may be able to have the gateway set the MTU for the client.   
      
      
   Raymond Dias   
      
      
   "John F Kappler"  wrote in message   
   news:403b7297.436456171@news.btopenworld.com...   
   > I've finally managed to get VPN working for our remote notebook users.   
   >   
   > They are now dialing-in to an ISP, making their VPN connection and   
   > then trying to open an Access database on our file server. Great.   
   > However......   
   >   
   > Performance is very slow, so my question is, what is likely to be the   
   > worst bottleneck? Is it the dial-up connection, coming in at 30k? Or   
   > the broadband link to the office which is a standard 500? Or is it the   
   > way that Access handles the database files?   
   >   
   > Or is it likely to be something else (e.g. ISP throughput)?   
   >   
   > I'm trying not to cross-post this at present so if you think this is   
   > wrongly posted pls dont bother to answer.   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
   > JohnK   
   >   
      
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