>> 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.
>

I am with Lee here.  Although I have experienced the lockups I still 
recommend m0n0wall as much as I can.  I believe those of us that have seen 
this issue have very unique cases.  Either hardware issues or some 
configuration that caused an issue when upgrading.  Like I said, I have 
tried different hardware platforms and the only thing that has stayed the 
same is my config file.  Three out of 4 units run great with 90+ days 
uptime.  It's only this one configuration, which I am rebuilding from 
scratch on a 1.22 machine as we speak...


Aaron