On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:57:16 -0700
  Sea <seaeric at gmail dot com> wrote:
> I haven't deployed a monowall yet, but I need a very reliable 
>firewall for
> my network so the only time it should be rebooted is if I need to 
>move the
> power cable! I haven't followed this thread, but how prevalant is 
>the freeze
> and lockup issue?

In all of my 30+ implementations I have had about 7 installation 
issues.  I have only had 4 problems with existing installations.  All 
were hardware problems.  2 were memory, and 2 were a power supply. 
 Good hardware makes a big difference.  A good used business class 
machine (I have a bunch of Dell GX200 SFF machines) will do better 
than a new budget box.  In the past I have recommended some $40 SFF 
cases.  I would no longer do so, because the power supplies are just 
poor.  (2 that went bad, and 1 that was bad at the beginning, out of 
about 10)  And my machines only reboot for firmware upgrades.

                           Lee