Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:47:11 -0800 From: "Michael J. Pelletier" <mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com> To: "Steve Grandi" <grandi@noao.edu>, "Shawn Barnhart" <swb@grasslake.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual or quad NIC boards? Message-ID: <00d801c4186d$931d0130$8dd8ea18@pc1> References: <015801c4134c$d45f63c0$62229fc0@ad.campbellmithun.com> <20040326103155.I98033@regulus.tuc.noao.edu>
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Tyan also makes a nice quad board. Not sure if you are into Opterons or not... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Grandi" <grandi@noao.edu> To: "Shawn Barnhart" <swb@grasslake.net> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Dual or quad NIC boards? > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Shawn Barnhart wrote: > > > I'm in the market for a dual or quad NIC board compatible with 4-STABLE > > (I'll do 5.x if I have to) for a router/firewall. > > > > Intel make a couple, are they known to be compatible? The NOS software > > compatibilty for the four port model lists it as "FreeBSD (latest kernel)", > > whatever that means. > > > > The 4-port one is my preference, although I'm not totally thrilled with the > > prices I've seen for it -- nearly $500. Anyone familiar with any cheaper > > versions? > > The Adaptec ANA-62044 is a 4-port 10/100 NIC that is supported by the sf > driver on both 4.X and 5.X. Adaptec seems to have moved onto the > ANA-64044 (which I don't see mentioned on the sf(4) man page) but 62044 > cards seemed easy to come by on EBay when I bought some spares not too > long ago. > > -- > Steve Grandi > National Optical Astronomy Observatory/AURA Inc., Tucson AZ USA > Internet: grandi@noao.edu Voice: +1 520 318-8228 FAX: +1 520 318-8360 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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