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Andy J.
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|  Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: SW Exp. 2.0 will not reconnect without rebooting. |
| I have a Smoothwall Express 2.0 (fixes  machine in my
loft which has been performing faultlessly for 18 months
now. The only annoyance I have with it is the issue of
reconnecting after the connection to my ISP has dropped.
It's connected to the 'net via an Alcatel Speedtouch 330
USB modem. Whenever the connection drops it will not
simply reconnect. The 'persistent connection' tries for
5mins and then reboots the machine or if I try manually
via the HTML interface I also have to reboot (disconnect
and reconnect have no effect). It does of course reconnect
after the reboot.
While the connection is down the 'Control' page shows
"ADSL Idle".
Is this normal behaviour or is there something I can do to
correct it?
Andy J. |
| | Back to top | |  | Desk Rabbit
Guest
| | Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: Re: SW Exp. 2.0 will not reconnect without rebooting. |
| Andy J. wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Smoothwall Express 2.0 (fixes machine in my
loft which has been performing faultlessly for 18 months
now. The only annoyance I have with it is the issue of
reconnecting after the connection to my ISP has dropped.
It's connected to the 'net via an Alcatel Speedtouch 330
USB modem. Whenever the connection drops it will not
simply reconnect. The 'persistent connection' tries for
5mins and then reboots the machine or if I try manually
via the HTML interface I also have to reboot (disconnect
and reconnect have no effect). It does of course reconnect
after the reboot.
While the connection is down the 'Control' page shows
"ADSL Idle".
Is this normal behaviour or is there something I can do to
correct it?
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Yup, remove the poxy modem, fit a second NIC and install a router on the
red interface. Even better, just get the router to replace Smoothwall -
much simpler and inherently more reliable. |
| | Back to top | | | Andy J.
Guest
| | Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: SW Exp. 2.0 will not reconnect without rebooting. |
| Desk Rabbit wrote:
| Quote: | Andy J. wrote:
I have a Smoothwall Express 2.0 (fixes machine in my
loft which has been performing faultlessly for 18 months
now. The only annoyance I have with it is the issue of
reconnecting after the connection to my ISP has dropped.
It's connected to the 'net via an Alcatel Speedtouch 330
USB modem. Whenever the connection drops it will not
simply reconnect. The 'persistent connection' tries for
5mins and then reboots the machine or if I try manually
via the HTML interface I also have to reboot (disconnect
and reconnect have no effect). It does of course reconnect
after the reboot.
While the connection is down the 'Control' page shows
"ADSL Idle".
Is this normal behaviour or is there something I can do to
correct it?
Yup, remove the poxy modem, fit a second NIC and install a router on the
red interface. Even better, just get the router to replace Smoothwall -
much simpler and inherently more reliable.
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I binned a router in favour of the Smoothwall machine. In fact the
router proved to be far less reliable than the Smoothwall, and I need
the DMZ and logging provided by Smoothwall anyway. May I ask why
someone obviously so anti-Smoothwall is posting on a Smoothwall
newsgroup?
Andy J. |
| | Back to top | | | Desk Rabbit
Guest
| | Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: Re: SW Exp. 2.0 will not reconnect without rebooting. |
| Andy J. wrote:
| Quote: | Desk Rabbit wrote:
Andy J. wrote:
I have a Smoothwall Express 2.0 (fixes machine in my
loft which has been performing faultlessly for 18 months
now. The only annoyance I have with it is the issue of
reconnecting after the connection to my ISP has dropped.
It's connected to the 'net via an Alcatel Speedtouch 330
USB modem. Whenever the connection drops it will not
simply reconnect. The 'persistent connection' tries for
5mins and then reboots the machine or if I try manually
via the HTML interface I also have to reboot (disconnect
and reconnect have no effect). It does of course reconnect
after the reboot.
While the connection is down the 'Control' page shows
"ADSL Idle".
Is this normal behaviour or is there something I can do to
correct it?
Yup, remove the poxy modem, fit a second NIC and install a router on
the red interface. Even better, just get the router to replace
Smoothwall - much simpler and inherently more reliable.
I binned a router in favour of the Smoothwall machine. In fact the
router proved to be far less reliable than the Smoothwall, and I need
the DMZ and logging provided by Smoothwall anyway. May I ask why
someone obviously so anti-Smoothwall is posting on a Smoothwall
newsgroup?
Andy J.
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What makes you think I'm anti-Smoothwall? I used to actively promote and
sell it, then I moved on to IPCOP. It was great in its time but hardware
firewall prices have dropped and I now use mostly Zyxel firewalls and
routers. They are considerably more reliable with no moving parts, fans,
hard drives etc - I've moved on. For example: Zyxel 662H has DMZ,
logging (Sent via mail or syslog), 20 VPN tunnels, DynDNS support, Dial
backup route, Bandwidth management, SPI firewall with time of day
sensitive rules, keyword blocking & Content Acces Control, Anti virus
for HTTP/POP3/SMTP/FTP, 4 port 10/100 switch etc, etc, etc.
Smoothwall is not even rated by the original creator it seems:-
http://blog.dickmorrell.org/?p=187 |
| | Back to top | | | Andy J.
Guest
| | Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: SW Exp. 2.0 will not reconnect without rebooting. |
| Desk Rabbit wrote:
| Quote: | Andy J. wrote:
Desk Rabbit wrote:
Andy J. wrote:
I have a Smoothwall Express 2.0 (fixes machine in my
loft which has been performing faultlessly for 18 months
now. The only annoyance I have with it is the issue of
reconnecting after the connection to my ISP has dropped.
It's connected to the 'net via an Alcatel Speedtouch 330
USB modem. Whenever the connection drops it will not
simply reconnect. The 'persistent connection' tries for
5mins and then reboots the machine or if I try manually
via the HTML interface I also have to reboot (disconnect
and reconnect have no effect). It does of course reconnect
after the reboot.
While the connection is down the 'Control' page shows
"ADSL Idle".
Is this normal behaviour or is there something I can do to
correct it?
Yup, remove the poxy modem, fit a second NIC and install a router on
the red interface. Even better, just get the router to replace
Smoothwall - much simpler and inherently more reliable.
I binned a router in favour of the Smoothwall machine. In fact the
router proved to be far less reliable than the Smoothwall, and I need
the DMZ and logging provided by Smoothwall anyway. May I ask why
someone obviously so anti-Smoothwall is posting on a Smoothwall
newsgroup?
Andy J.
What makes you think I'm anti-Smoothwall? I used to actively promote and
sell it, then I moved on to IPCOP. It was great in its time but hardware
firewall prices have dropped and I now use mostly Zyxel firewalls and
routers. They are considerably more reliable with no moving parts, fans,
hard drives etc - I've moved on. For example: Zyxel 662H has DMZ,
logging (Sent via mail or syslog), 20 VPN tunnels, DynDNS support, Dial
backup route, Bandwidth management, SPI firewall with time of day
sensitive rules, keyword blocking & Content Acces Control, Anti virus
for HTTP/POP3/SMTP/FTP, 4 port 10/100 switch etc, etc, etc.
Smoothwall is not even rated by the original creator it seems:-
http://blog.dickmorrell.org/?p=187
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Fair enough, but in my own experience the Smoothwall has done
me proud. It's not even as if I went out of my way to
purchase top-end stuff for the machine, just used some old
motherboard, PSU etc. that was knocking about in the loft,
166MHz if I remember correctly. Considering it's been going
24/7 for almost two years now it's not doing badly.
Anyway, we're all allowed our own opinions, it's what makes
for a good debate (and newsgroup) after all and I appreciate
where you're coming from. In fact I've done a little searching
about Zyxel, looks good to be fair, just a bit out of my
price range at the moment (big car repair bill lately).
It does seem that Mr. Morrell is waxing lyrical about his
former rival I must admit.
However, back to my original question (bear in mind, I'm
a bit of a newbie) can anyone point me in the right
direction?
Andy J. |
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