From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 06:24:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D2F16A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:24:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-83.apple.com [17.250.248.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D0243F3F for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:24:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hA7ESDbo013091; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:28:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (dpvc-68-161-244-25.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.244.25]) (authenticated bits=0)hA7EO5pa020088; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:24:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <0AAB4175-112E-11D8-AD24-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:24:05 -0500 To: Norman Widders X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-NIC cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:24:07 -0000 On Nov 7, 2003, at 8:45 AM, Norman Widders wrote: > Greetings, > > are there any decent quad-port network cards for FreeBSD? Sure. I've got 3 quad-porters based off the DEC Tulip 21x4x, which are recognized like so in `dmesg`: pcib2: at device 14.0 on pci0 pci2: on pcib2 dc0: port 0xec00-0xec7f mem 0xfcfff800-0xfcfffbff irq 9 at device 4.0 on pci2 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:80:c8:f8:54:75 miibus1: on dc0 ukphy0: on miibus1 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto dc1: port 0xe880-0xe8ff mem 0xfcfff400-0xfcfff7ff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci2 dc1: Ethernet address: 00:80:c8:f8:54:76 miibus2: on dc1 ukphy1: on miibus2 [ ... ] > Will ipfw/bridging support work with this configuration if I can > find a quad-network card ? sorry if this is in the archives but > if you've done this before, please let me know, TIA! Sure, both IPFW and bridging works fine with or between these interfaces. -- -Chuck