Re: Firebox, Version, Etc.

Following up on my previous post.  I'm using serial version 1.34a successfu=
lly on a WG Firebox X1000, with an Atheros 5212 wireless card.

I think I may have a shoddy wireless card, because the range is limited and=
 I'm having some trouble with authentication.  But on the LAN/WAN side the =
software runs like a top, not a hint of the timeout issues I saw before.  U=
nfortunately I'm not 100% sure what I did to get it working so well, but a =
couple of things are worth mentioning:

1.  I cleaned the CF card with Windows 7 diskpart before imaging it.
2.  I've been connecting network cables to other devices (modem, router, et=
c.), THEN powering the unit up.

Beyond that I'm just doing a generic recommended install.  I upgraded to 1.=
8.1 but that appeared to kill my serial access, so I rolled back to 1.34a.

Congratulations to Manuel for a great design.  The interface is perfect in =
it's scope and simplicity.  I think you're very wise not to get carried awa=
y with adding features the way many software developers do.

A couple of questions:

1.  I'm using HTTPS to access the webgui, and I've created my own pem key a=
nd certificate which are working fine with one-way authentication.  Is ther=
e a way to set up mutual SSL authentication?  I already run a VPN server, s=
o I don't need to use any of those built-in m0n0wall security features.  I =
just want to know if there's a way to use dual auth for webgui access.

2.  My system time is correct and syncs with an NTP server, but my log time=
 differs from the system time by about an hour (not exactly).


Thanks again for a great piece of software (on a superb OS).

John


 On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 8:59
 AM, J <[email protected]>
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 Hi.
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 A few years ago I successfully flashed a 64MB CF card in a
 Firebox X1000, got the serial interface working, and got the
 M0n0wall GUI up, but I was getting persistent "re1
 timeouts" and kernel errors, and could only load some
 of the pages. =A0I got sidetracked, and now a few years later
 I figured I'd try again to see how the latest version
 would work. =A0I flashed the card (or at least it appears so)
 with the latest M0n0wall version (1.8.1) but this time I
 cannot get the serial interface working with the same
 settings I used before.
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 So I'm wondering if someone can tell me what's the
 most recent version that has been successfully installed on
 a WG Firebox? =A0Any reason why the latest (FBSD 8) version
 would not work?
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 Any suggestions are appreciated.
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 Thank you.
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