Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:19:26 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> Cc: Martin Bokaemper <mnbokaem@pizza.franken.de>, alex@comsys.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-port Ethernet cards ?? Anyone have them or want to develop them? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980111120738.10734Z-100000@alive.znep.com> In-Reply-To: <19980111125441.35963@emu.sourcee.com>
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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Norman C Rice wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Martin Bokaemper wrote: > > Hi. > > > > > We're again looking at the requirements for a ISP box that > > > has 8 Ethernet ports. We'd like to run FreeBSD in the box, prefer > > > Intel or Digital 10/100 Mbit Ethernet controllers - 4 per board > > > would be good. Priced around $300 each. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > If this is a per port price, then the Znyx and Adaptec four port PCI > cards will meet your needs. However, if this is the per board price, > then I believe developing a card (or finding a real sweet deal) may > be your only alternative. Also check out the Osicom 2340. $775CDN (~550USD) at Ingram. [...] > > - The controllers are longer than typical PCI-Boards - many Mainboards have > > the CPU or SIMMs in the back of the PCI-Slots so you can't plug > > in two long cards. Get ATX boards and this shouldn't be a problem. You can normally fit full length cards in all slots on them.
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