Thanks for the quick answer.

I obivously don't have a good overview of situations where a reboot is
required. I have a quad nic installed on the machine (identified as
OPT1-4) who also has an integrated dual nic. I remember that I had to
reboot when I was configuring those OPT interfaces - maybe it just was
the first time I enabled those, because a change of IP on those
doesn't require a reboot now.

Anyway, with my mentioned interfaces, does the LAN-ip and
config-restore still uniquely qualify for reboot, or are there more
cases?

--Oivind


On 1/9/06, Holger Bauer <Holger dot Bauer at citec dash ag dot de> wrote:
> There are only a few changes that require a reboot, like changing Interface IP at LAN or restoring
a config. All other changes are applied on the fly. Also a m0n0wall is booting up really rapid. Even
a WRAP only takes about 20 to 40 seconds (depending on hardwarerevision, the newer boards have DMA
support for the CF-card). Other commercial systems even need more time to apply settings than m0n0
to boot up.
>
> Holger
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Oivind [mailto:oivindg at gmail dot com]
> > Gesendet: Montag, 9. Januar 2006 15:16
> > An: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> > Betreff: [m0n0wall] Frequent reboots necessary?
> >
> >
> > Hello, I am a newcomer to m0n0wall. I notice that it asks to reboot
> > quite often, especially when altering interface specifications.
> >
> > Is it possible/prioritized to prevent reboot necessity? I am asking
> > because it makes m0n0wall less attractive to commercial/live use,
> > which I think is a pity.
> >
> > --Oivind
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