As a Unix admin who deals mostly with Linux, reasons I'd rather use the FreeBSD network stack: -Primarily, not dealing with iptables -Relatedly, love working

As a Unix admin who deals mostly with Linux, reasons I'd rather use the FreeBSD network stack: -Primarily, not dealing with iptables -Relatedly, love working with ipfw[1] or pf[2] -Interface names are based on the network driver, which is more consistent and useful (have a question about interface em0? man em[3] ) -A sane ifconfig[4] which is, you know, still updated -Relatedly, no need for a bunch of different/new/inconsistent config programs (ip vs. ifconfig vs. iwconfig) -CARP[5] is pretty amazing for redundancy and is stupid-simple to set up in FreeBSD10 -Both the OS and the network stack have been tested for IPv6-only support