[reitanqild]

Long time user of both nix and Windows here:

At least around here it seems anyone can be a Windows dev/admin while becoming a *nix admin often takes some dedication.

And to this day the amount of busywork that Windows admins and devs find acceptable still amuses me and not in a good way.

[yardie]

Are you sure about that? Is it that since Windows compromises 90% of desktop its reasonable to assume that a lot of people have put in 1000s of hours of using, developing, and administering it.

As a counterexample. My Linux servers, when presented with 4 NICs and multiple VLANs, doesn't know what to do with them. I had to edit the iptable. Something that I still haven't needed to do to any of our Windows server.

Different strokes for different folks.

[reitanqild]

Late reply, but yes I am reasonably sure.

A big part of one of my previous jobs was setting up Windows and Linux servers and linux workstations. The severs invariably had 4 nics.

I never, ever had to adjust iptables on any if them. Setting them up is mostly a breeze except for application specific stuff ($$$ stuff, not open source).

I don't know what distro and hardware you used though.