On 09.01.2004, at 15:29, Holger Bauer wrote:

> However, today the m0n0wall crashed every 2 minutes. First I 
> downgraded to pb22r566 as I upgraded to the new

You'll need to give us more information. How did it crash? Did it 
simply reboot? Kernel panic? Any console messages?

Don't forget that once the system has booted, packet filtering and NAT 
do not differ from a normal FreeBSD box with ipfilter (the webGUI and 
PHP configuration stuff only serves to start everything up and to 
automatically generate the ruleset for ipfilter - when you're not doing 
anything in the webGUI, then PHP doesn't even run, nor does any 
software written by me for that matter). So if there is a problem, 
chances are you'd experience the same thing if you were to run stock 
FreeBSD on the same machine in the same configuration.

> When will m0n0wall feature more diagnostic-possibilities (and maybe 
> more stability)? I have seen in the wishlist, that some functions are 
> planned.

For advanced (i.e. FreeBSD-savvy) users, there's exec.php and 
status.php. When used creatively, these should be sufficient as 
diagnostic tools. Any stability concerns should be addressed to the 
FreeBSD project, as I consider myself not guilty for crashes, panics or 
resets (except for embedded CPUs with hardware watchdogs, hehe ;). That 
said, I believe that FreeBSD 4.x is one of the most stable operating 
systems for x86 machines.

- Manuel