the WAN isnt going down, and there is nothing strange in the system logs and/or other logs. it just seems the check_reload_status goes bonkers and then shuts down the dns forwarder service and dhcp service after a while. the only fix is to reboot.
i found that is not just the bandwidth that causes this. it happens when i do different system functions like a backup along with other system functions that cause the check_reload_status.
its strange because it started to happen on the nightlies around the end of june (i update to a new nightly each day in this environment since its my test lab) and has affected each nightly in the month of june.
…so i dont know what other information i can output for everyone to help diagnose this problem. if you could direct me to what you might want/need to help...i would be more than welcome to gather that information.
however…on the other side of the coin.
….i use the RC build on the same exact machine configurations in twelve other colo's that range from a tower boxes to pretty large caged locations/office data centers that have many different networks and many racks stacked full of diverse equipment. those machines run solid, but even with load balancing i am running up against the 100mpbs port limitations on the boxes (and VPN power) .. (if they had 1gbps ports..i would be so very happy, but then i would run out of cpu/memory/storage on the boxes before i could utilize the full 1gbps.)
so i am going to move away from the watchguards to spec'd 2u machines from dell that i am currently working on rolling out.
sorry, i know none of that means anything to the original post, but i like to promote the use of these boxes (along with pfsense) to SMB's because they are just the little boxes that can!
