Re: Firewall throughput question

2005-02-09 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I have had a Freebsd firewall (Older computer with (1) 3com 10Mb ethernet PCI card, and (1) 3 com 10/100 Mb ethernet PCI card). The firewall croaked on me (motherboard died). As a quick fix, I plugged in a Linksys BEFSX41. My Question is, should I build a new Fre

Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!!

2005-02-09 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Charles-André Landemaine wrote: This will sign the death of FreeBSD. Oh please, wake me up, it's a nightmare!!! Come on now, is changing the logo ALL that BAD? Companies and organizations do it all the time. Who cares? It's not like a new logo will introduce new bugs and vulnerabilities in your O

Re: [gentoo-server] gentoo vs bsd

2005-02-07 Thread sp0ng3b0b
However, since I've been doing 99% of the maintenance of this server, I want to know what I'm in for. So, I'm curious if anyone on the list also runs or has run FreeBSD? If so, what were your impressions? What pitfalls are there? What are the big differences? If you left BSD for Gentoo, why? Re

Re: [gentoo-server] gentoo vs bsd

2005-02-07 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Ben Munat wrote: I'm curious if anyone on the list also runs or has run FreeBSD? I run FreeBSD on my servers (web, file/print, database). > If so, what were your impressions? My impressions are that FreeBSD is very different from Linux and very similar. I prefer to use FreeBSD for servers. I like

[gentoo-server] Dual Opterons

2005-01-12 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Anyone here running a dual opteron server? Was it easy to setup and get going?

FreeBSD 5.3 on Dual Opteron -- experiences?

2005-01-12 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I am getting a quote for a new server. I would like to get a box with 2x AMD Opterons and an Intel MF 1000 fiber gigabit card. Does anyone have any good/bad experiences with Opterons and FreeBSD 5.3? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

[gentoo-user] Get udev running?

2005-01-11 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Where can I find some info on getting UDEV running on my Gentoo workstation? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: Which OS should we use?

2005-01-11 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Paul Schmehl wrote: We're getting ready to create some new servers from scratch (format/install). We've been using 4.9 and 4.10 for a while now with no problems. We've got one 5.3 box setup for test purposes. On this list I have seen comments about instability issues in 5.3. These servers ne

How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list

Re: TCPDUMP performance

2005-01-04 Thread sp0ng3b0b
James Kilton wrote: Hello, We've installed some FreeBSD machines as Gigabit sniffers, and I'm wondering if there are any things I can tweak (e.g., buffer size) to help TCPDUMP capture better (we often see packets dropped by the kernel). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, James ___

Re: Kernel Panic

2004-12-28 Thread sp0ng3b0b
Steven Adams wrote: I started with FreeBSD 5.2.1, every few weeks I was getting kernel panics. I then tired to update to 5.3 with the same thing, see the screen shots. http://66.90.65.210/crash1.jpg http://66.90.65.210/crash2.jpg Does anyone know what theses means. I am curious to why its not reboo

Re: Problem with tar archive

2004-12-22 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I had some strange tar problems with bsd tar, which is included with 5.3-RELEASE. I would recommend installing gtar and using that instead. By the way, if you install gtar, you just type "tar" as you normally would. freebsd_daemon wrote: Dear list, I got a tar archive (varia.tar), when I try to

Problems with nge driver on FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386

2004-12-16 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I am continuing to have problems with the nge driver on FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. I have already posted the necessary information. In summary, the OS panics and dies when there is any traffic load on the nic. I have experienced this on IDS systems that are just monitoring AND just recently on 2 file

Re: FreeBSD 5.3: panic page fault with nge driver

2004-12-15 Thread sp0ng3b0b
dcode the media settings for the interface. OpenBSD 3.6 does not seem to have this problem and uses the same driver. So until I see that the problem is fixed, I have to move my IDS's over to OpenBSD. sp0ng3b0b wrote: I am getting a page fault with a new install of FreeBSD 5.3 Release.

Re: FreeBSD 5.3: panic page fault with nge driver

2004-12-15 Thread sp0ng3b0b
dHat. But I am not going to get budget for new nics...especially when the worked before. If ANYONE can help...I would appreciate it. Again, to restate, nge driver is causing a "panic: page fault". sp0ng3b0b wrote: I've been told that this might be fixed in CURRENT. That's

Re: FreeBSD 5.3: panic page fault with nge driver

2004-12-15 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I've been told that this might be fixed in CURRENT. That's nice, but I am trying to run a production quality server and CURRENT is not recommended for that purpose. Any recommendations? By the way, is Questions the wrong list for my problem? sp0ng3b0b wrote: I am getting a page fault

FreeBSD 5.3: panic page fault with nge driver

2004-12-14 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I am getting a page fault with a new install of FreeBSD 5.3 Release. Something changed with the nge driver in FreeBSD 5.3. I did not have this problem with 5.2.1. I just performed a clean install on a box that had been running 5.2.1 RELEASE for a few months. The box is an Instrusion Detection S

Question about updating 5.3

2004-12-08 Thread sp0ng3b0b
There seem to be a LOT of great articles about how to update a freebsd system. But they all seem to recommend a different approach. I am looking for a simple way to keep the OS up to date. Background info: I am going to be running a few FreeBSD production servers. I need to document everything

ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA

2004-11-15 Thread sp0ng3b0b
I am having a strange problem and need some help. I installed FreeBSD on a Maxtor 300GB IDE drive that is less than 1 year old. After one day, FreeBSD complains about DMA problems. I got a LOT of these. ERROR MESSAGE: kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=40 I googled for the error,