Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:54:12 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: sp0ng3b0b <sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS should we use? Message-ID: <713FFA5AE5E6C6E47C556A56@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <41E481F9.7080508@sbcglobal.net> References: <A034BF162E5FD77EADE4E2CF@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <41E481F9.7080508@sbcglobal.net>
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--On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 05:48:41 PM -0800 sp0ng3b0b <sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I'm in the same boat. I've had mixed results with 5.3. I advise you to > test it out for your needs. If your hardware and apps play well together, > go for it. As a web, mysql and samba server, I've had no problems. > > As an IDS running snort, I've had problems with the nge driver. I need > these NICs for monitoring gigabit links. Simply "uping" the interface > caused FreeBSD to panic. I posted here and opened a problem report, but > got no replies. FWIW, I never saw a kernel panic until I used 5.3, but I > do acknowledge that the technology added is new and results may very. > Thanks for pointing that out. In fact, *one* of the servers *will* be running snort. I'm not sure what our NICs are, though. I believe they're Intel, but I'll have to check. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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