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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:44:44 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Darren Byrne <darren@demon.net>
To:        Scot Elliott <scot@poptart.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: 4-port ethernet cards for -stable?
Message-ID:  <887651084.007717.0@office.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216171031.15275B-100000@uranus.planet-three.com> from "Scot Elliott" at Feb 16, 98 05:13:06 pm

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Scot Elliott said:
> 
> I can't find these cards anywhere either.  Their web-site seems to
> specialise in medical stuff - not computer hardware.  I can't find any
> mention of Zynx and NIC in Altavista either.
> 
> So the question is still how good the Adaptec cards are (because I can
> actually just order one of those) - or if there are any resellers of the
> Zynx cards  (I'm UK based so its a tad more than 40 minutes to get to Zynx's
> offices ;-).

We've used 4 port Zynx cards here, had alot of problems with them under other
BSD's such as OpenBSD 2.1. Simply could not get more than one port working, 
as soon as I config up a second port the box would reboot. However I came 
to the conclusion that it was the OpenBSD drivers causing this. We tested 
OpenBSD 2.2 and they work okay so... I have a FreeBSD stable box here.
I slammed 2 (maybe 3) 4 port Zynx cards into it and they worked a dream. 

I've been interested in finding another multiport 10/100 full duplex solution
for a while though and haven't really seen much else around...
recommendations welcome. 

Darren Byrne                                  
Senior Network Engineer     Think I slipped the net, but I cut myself 
Demon Internet Limited     free. I'm not loosing it, so don't forget me.

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