OK, now you guys have me curious… I have a Netgate SG-2440 purchased directly from Netgate. I’ve received no emails. I don’t frequent the forums. But I am aware of an “alleged” chip issue, which I believe my unit is susceptible to.
Can someone provide a link to a relevant forum thread? Thanks, Richard > On Mar 20, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Jon Gerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I understand where you are coming from but I don't think the occasional > note from vendors of pfSense kit that covers issues with high > importance (to users as well as vendors) could be classified as spam on > the pfSense list. > > There are a lot of Netgate users here and Netgate gear has a bit of a > focus, OS-wise. > > In this particular case the issue is not confined to Netgate gear and > spelling it out here can't do any harm that I can foresee. > > You may prod users of other hardware platforms to investigate whether > they they have the affected chips in their systems. That can't be a > bad thing provided the note is presented in a reasonably generic way > but obviously you could mention specific products that you know are > affected from your range or perhaps a short note pointing Netgate users > to a URL for more info. > > Cheers > Jon > > > > On Mon, 2017-03-20 at 19:15 -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: >> I tend to be careful about spamming the pfSense list with things that >> aren't directly related to pfSense. >> >> Jim >> >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Jon Gerdes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> It might be worth putting a press release style post here as well >>> anyway. >>> >>> Your mailing list may not be perfect and some people have a nasty >>> habit >>> of registering things with their own email address instead of a >>> group >>> address/alias and then moving on. Thir account gets deleted and >>> that >>> box that does something for the internets stops working and it >>> could >>> have been fixed by a timely firmware update. >>> >>> To be fair, there is quite a lot of chat on the forums about this >>> and >>> any interested pfSenser should be hanging out there as well as >>> here. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 2017-03-20 at 18:57 -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: >>>> we only sent it to customers of affected units. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:43 PM, WebDawg <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Is there any other list for netgate firmware updates? I just >>>>> received a >>>>> notification from sales@pfsense about netgate firmware updates >>>>> but >>>>> it was >>>>> not sent to this list? >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> pfSense mailing list >>>>> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >>>>> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pfSense mailing list >>>> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >>>> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pfSense mailing list >>> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >>> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pfSense mailing list >> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
