From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 6 04:13:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA13512 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 04:13:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from hauki.clinet.fi (root@hauki.clinet.fi [194.100.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA13506 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 04:13:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from katiska.clinet.fi (root@katiska.clinet.fi [194.100.0.4]) by hauki.clinet.fi (8.7.6/8.6.4) with ESMTP id OAA16197; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 14:12:21 +0200 (EET) Received: (hsu@localhost) by katiska.clinet.fi (8.8.2/8.6.4) id OAA05103; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 14:12:20 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 14:12:20 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199611061212.OAA05103@katiska.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, hsu@clinet.fi, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual or quad port 21140 100 Mbps ethernet cards ? In-Reply-To: <199611060925.KAA07771@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <199611060925.KAA07771@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Clinet Ltd, Espoo, Finland Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Christoph Kukulies writes: > > On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Heikki Suonsivu wrote: > > > > > Are there any known-to-work-with-freebsd 100 Mbps ethernet cards which > > > would bridge 2 or more ports per card. We are using SMC dual port ones > > > now, but I need 100 Mbps ethernet. I'm aware of ZNYX, but they do not > > > work correctly. > > > > Yes! The SMC EtherPower2 has this capability, with 2 available ports. > > Would that mean you can cascade a chain of machines without requiring a > hub ($$) ? Technically yes, but the extra port on SMC EP2 costs more than low-cost hub ports on average. But they are good for building 10 Mbps routers with 8 ports each. I guess at 100 Mbps would get tight on PCI bus, though, but backbone port would be nice to have at 100 Mbps. > > NOTE: Your motherboard must support assigning int B addresses. Some > > systems don't. > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de -- Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-0-43542270 fax -4555276