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From: Kim Shrier <kim@createtech.com>
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I am considering using a FreeBSD box to do routing between 5
different ethernet segments.  Are there any motherboards that
support 5 or more PCI slots and will the ethernet drivers
cope with that many NICs in a single box?  I will probably
need to handle more segments in the future and I would like
to have a box that could cope with 8 NICs if possible.

Any advice would be appreciated.  Please send responses
directly to my e-mail address since I am not on this mailing
list.

Kim Shrier
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