Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:43:03 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Canadian dealers for Alteon Gig-E NICs Message-ID: <200011092143.eA9Lh3N31248@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:57:34 MST." <20001109135734.A32915@panzer.kdm.org>
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>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth D Merry <ken@kdm.org> writes:
Kenneth> I would suggest getting the Netgear or 3Com boards
Kenneth> instead. They're Alteon OEM boards, and are generally a
Kenneth> fair bit cheaper than the price you'll get from Alteon.
So I'm finding out.
Kenneth> So if you want a Alteon board with a cat-5 interface,
Kenneth> you'll probably have to go directly to Alteon. AFAIK,
Kenneth> you can't buy Alteon-branded boards from anyone but
Kenneth> Alteon. You'll have to call them up and talk to a
Kenneth> salesperson.
I did finally manage to find someone at Alteon who pointed me at a
Canadian reseller. Dynavar in Calgary is saying things like CAN$1200+
for an Alteon SX card (512K). The 3C985B-SX (1MB), from the same supplier,
is CAN$739.
Go figure.
--lyndon
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