From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 1 22:58:15 2004 Return-Path: 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 0181A16A4CE for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:58:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from wsip-24-234-162-196.lv.lv.cox.net (wsip-24-234-162-196.lv.lv.cox.net [24.234.162.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC1943D45 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:58:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com) Received: from pc1 (wsip-24-234-216-141.lv.lv.cox.net [24.234.216.141]) (authenticated bits=0)i3277pEZ000649 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:07:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com) Message-ID: <00d801c4186d$931d0130$8dd8ea18@pc1> From: "Michael J. Pelletier" To: "Steve Grandi" , "Shawn Barnhart" References: <015801c4134c$d45f63c0$62229fc0@ad.campbellmithun.com> <20040326103155.I98033@regulus.tuc.noao.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:47:11 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual or quad NIC boards? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 06:58:15 -0000 Tyan also makes a nice quad board. Not sure if you are into Opterons or not... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Grandi" To: "Shawn Barnhart" Cc: Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Dual or quad NIC boards? > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Shawn Barnhart wrote: > > > I'm in the market for a dual or quad NIC board compatible with 4-STABLE > > (I'll do 5.x if I have to) for a router/firewall. > > > > Intel make a couple, are they known to be compatible? The NOS software > > compatibilty for the four port model lists it as "FreeBSD (latest kernel)", > > whatever that means. > > > > The 4-port one is my preference, although I'm not totally thrilled with the > > prices I've seen for it -- nearly $500. Anyone familiar with any cheaper > > versions? > > The Adaptec ANA-62044 is a 4-port 10/100 NIC that is supported by the sf > driver on both 4.X and 5.X. Adaptec seems to have moved onto the > ANA-64044 (which I don't see mentioned on the sf(4) man page) but 62044 > cards seemed easy to come by on EBay when I bought some spares not too > long ago. > > -- > Steve Grandi > National Optical Astronomy Observatory/AURA Inc., Tucson AZ USA > Internet: grandi@noao.edu Voice: +1 520 318-8228 FAX: +1 520 318-8360 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >