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Thanks for the reply. All I can say is it ran for almost a year, rock solid. Then in September the lockups started. I feel the upgrade to FreeBSD 6.x will fix it. (but what do I know) Brian >From: mtnbkr <waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com> >Reply-To: waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com >To: Brian Quinn <bquinner at hotmail dot com> >CC: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] monowall locking up >Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:44:41 -0400 > >Brian Quinn wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just wondering if the lockup problem will be fixed in the next release > > and is there a timeframe for the next release. > > > > My monowall firewall can lockup a day after rebooting but it usually > > lasts a week. It locks up on PC and wrap platfroms. It locked up with > > release 1.22, I went back to 1.21 and it locked up too. I am now using > > 1.23b1 but I reboot it manually twice a day so I dont know if 1.23b1 > > locks up yet. > > >Brian, this is not an attack on you or anyone else that has been >experiencing and reporting these issues. I am sincerely curious about >this since if there is a common cause or condition and/or a reliable way >to produce these issues, I can test for the offending condition(s) if I >suddenly see my clients having similar problems. > > >I have been watching this thread for quite some time now and thought I >would chime in with my experience(s). > >I have installed and support approx (10) m0n0-on-WRAP for myself and my >clients (one is on a PC), and have never once seen any of them hang for >any reason. They run for days, weeks, and months at a time without >problems. > >Some notes: >- All except for (2) are v1.22 (no lockups with previous versions) >- All except for (2) are on 3-port WRAPs, one is a PC, one is on a > 2-port WRAP >- Some only serve as end-points of a site-to-site VPN >- Some are just simple NAT firewalls for small networks >- Some are only VPN endpoints for PPTP road-warriors >- Some are on cable modem connections >- Some are on DSL >- Some are on T1 > >A somewhat special case is my office m0n0: > >- It is m0n0 v1.22, on a WRAP, connected to a cablemodem and is > configured as a VPN endpoint between my office LAN and several > of my clients' LANs (m0n0-on-wraps at all of them). >- It is also configured with 4 VLANS and it's LAN port is connected to a > Nortel 450 with VLAN tagging for all 4 VLANS on that port. >- Its 3rd port is configured as a DMZ >- DNS Forwarding is enabled >- Dynamic DNS (using dyndns.org) is enabled >- DHCP forwarding is enabled for 2 of the 4 VLANs > > >I have yet to see this thing (or any of my other installs) hang as >people are describing and I am assuming that the setup described above >is somewhat more complex than most are using. > >If there is some reliable method to reproduce these m0n0 hangs I'd be >happy to try it to help make m0n0wall better, but currently, and for the >past couple years, I have yet to experience this issue. > >Thanks to everyone for listening, and for any comments. > >Final thought: Has anyone attempted to compare/contrast the COMPACT >FLASH cards that people are using to determine if that might be an issue? > >-- >Bill Arlofski >Reverse Polarity >waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com >* Stop the NSA from eavesdropping on your personal email * >Learn about PGP and start encrypting your email today >http://gnupg.org or http://www.pgp.com >--- We have always been at war with IRAQ --- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ |