Hmmm, I think your instructor was wrong. CP supports SP5 for NT4 as well
now.
We are running 4.1 SP1 and havn't really had much trouble with it as far as
this goes (other then having to logswitch every three days to maintain a
stable system, but that was so for 4.0 as well).
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Lacroix [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: a eaie 05 2000 16:09
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [FW1] Performance on NT
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>
> I actually experienced this when I installed the WebSense server and
> upgraded my FW-1 to the latest service packs. The server would eventually
> degrade to a point where email would stop flowing (although the firewall
> would continue to function properly for everything else). After a certain
> point, I would see Dr. Watson applications running in Task Manager -
> killing these processes would eventually bring back server performance,
> but the cycle would eventually restart.
>
> I was told by my instructor that SP-4 is the only Service Pack for NT
> supported by CheckPoint. I would go back to SP4 first.
>
> Only until I completely removed WebSense and uninstalled the FW service
> packs did my server regain a normal state. I am very hesistant at
> upgrading the firewall to 4.1 as a result. A consultant told me that the
> only true way to regain system performance is to rebuild the server - not
> what I want to hear. Luckily, our problems stopped after taking the steps
> above.
>
> Rodney
>
>
>
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