From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 18 10:43:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4098737B400 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7AE43E4A for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g7IHhlf87282; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@vashon.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7IHhkY3080070; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:43:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208181743.g7IHhkY3080070@vashon.polstra.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Cc: kaltorak@quake.com.au Subject: Re: 4-port NICs In-Reply-To: <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au> References: <20020816212544.Y69193-100000@ren.sasknow.com> <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <3D5DD222.2090607@quake.com.au>, Kal Torak 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message