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

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:/

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,