Brian McEntire wrote:
> Hi all -
> Been extremely happy with m0n0wall and it has been reliable since I
> installed it about a year ago.
> 
> However, today had a weird "crash" (if that's what it was.) Not sure
> if my cable modem crapped out first, or if m0n0wall did. But then on
> the screen of m0n0wall, saw these messages:
> 
> dc1: watchdog timeout
>  (I see the above line occasionally and it doesn't seem to corollate
> with probs, never saw the next lines until today though...)
> 
> ipfw2 initialized divert disabled, rule-based forwarding enabled,
> default to accept, logging disabled
> DUMMYNET initialized (011031)
> IP firewall unloaded
> 
> Could this be a sign of a hardware problem? Or could it just happen if
> my cable modem dropped offline? Comcast has been unreliable in my area
> lately.

Sounds like a transient fault or hardware.  Run memtest x86+ on it for a 
bit to eliminate the possibility.

			Lee