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Date:      Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        hardware@freebsd.org
Cc:        kaltorak@quake.com.au
Subject:   Re: 4-port NICs
Message-ID:  <200208181743.g7IHhkY3080070@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au>
References:  <20020816212544.Y69193-100000@ren.sasknow.com> <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au>

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In article <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au>,
Kal Torak  <kaltorak@quake.com.au> wrote:
> Ryan Thompson wrote:
> > I'm looking for a good 4-port NIC for use in replacing a firewall that
> > joins four networks. Previously, I have done this with a 4U chassis
> > and a slew of single or dual port cards. In this case, I've got a 1U
> > chassis and one PCI slot.
> > 
> > I've heard speak of problems with the new D-Link 580TX 4 port cards,
> > with the recent thread on -isp.
> 
> Yes so far these cards dont work at all, the driver doesnt have support
> for them as of yet..

I'm not a user of these cards, but if this is the "D-Link DFE-580"
then support was just added for it by Doug Ambrisko in both -current
and -stable (the "ste" driver).

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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