From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 16 13:56:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA24468 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:56:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA24463 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:56:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA19113; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710162058.NAA19113@implode.root.com> To: Doug White cc: Brandon Hicks , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 Network Cards, How do I set this up? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:48:44 PDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:58:06 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Brandon Hicks wrote: > >> We are SLOWLY upgrading to 100base from 10base, the only problem is, (BTW, >> we are an ISP) our T1 routers, and our Livingston Portmasters are 10base. >> Which means that we are going to have to have 2 network cards in 1 of our >> servers, seeing that our new 100base HUB will not Up/Down Link to a 10base >> HUB. So, 1st I need to know how this can be done... We have the Cards to >> put into the servers, and into our computers... Do I need any software, or >> any thing if all i want is that server to act as a passthough? > >That doesn't sound right. The hub can't dumb down a port to 10mbit >for you? I was under the impression that 100mbit hubs were >backwards-compatible. No, you would need a switch for that (which are much more expensive). -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project