From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 01:19:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B41B16A41A for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:19:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trashy_bumper@yahoo.com) Received: from web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.91.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41B4713C45B for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trashy_bumper@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 64828 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Jan 2008 01:19:48 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=zHV5UqtbhkT0homDlkF3QNG4T0vl5N90/2zyBylX2+Upr5Bi7yXiVGZfos3Rvr3XpsLwng2FR2901+bPNsIAHq0cByC2KNOWHQeSIXFkWL2EMh1PstSCcVxR6PkvDqy4c3dInMgPqZjfGxwWYxyx7z90ospNXynYOBINFR8zStE=; X-YMail-OSG: A.NWnfsVM1nHKhI_TmT_.MFU7aFdCgxnkKlP2ZFkHl_jVV2Tt8eWbSw58agz1BSelg-- Received: from [82.144.207.13] by web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:19:47 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.31 YahooMailWebService/0.7.158.1 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:19:47 -0800 (PST) From: Nash Nipples To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <133740.64664.qm@web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: looking for dual-phy (copper & fiber) NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:19:49 -0000 Dear Aaron, i give up on searching for a Dual-phy copper fiber gigabit nic. the search terminates at this 2004 article http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ixia+Introduces+Dual-PHY+Copper%2FFiber-Optic+Gigabit+Ethernet+Testing...-a0112895579 assumption would be that Allied Telesis have made a successfull hybridus at 100bps and when things went closer to 1000bps vendors have decided to invest into media converters. these are available stand-alone or slide-in (Transition Networks for example). sincerely, nash p.s. please send a note if you ever find one ----- Original Message ---- From: Aaron Turner To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 10:30:43 PM Subject: looking for dual-phy (copper & fiber) NIC Sorry for the slightly OT, but I've run out of ideas... I could of sworn about a month ago or so, I found a half-height gigabit NIC (PCI Express I think) which offered two copper AND two SFP connectors for fiber. The card had only two ethernet controllers (Marvell I think), hence you could only use up to two connectors at any time. Very similar to many switches which give you the choice of copper or fiber but not both (sometimes called "combo ports"). Of course, I didn't bookmark the page, I can't find it in my browser history and Google is failing me horribly. Note: I'm NOT looking for the old SysKonnect or Allied Tellysn cards which are 10/100Mbps. This was a gigabit card! Any hints or pointers to the page, vendor or reseller would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Aaron -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing & replay tools for Unix They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs