Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 02:08:44 -0800 From: "Dave Walton" <walton@emusic.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NIC teaming Message-ID: <19990403100845.21773.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990323071723.asmodai@wxs.nl> References: <19990322234852.7793.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com>
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We recently purchased several Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+
Server Adapters (model PILA8470). The documentation for the
card contains this interesting info:
Adapter Teaming Options
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The PRO/100+ Server adapter provides several options for
increasing throughput and fault tolerance when running Windows
NT 4.0 or NetWare 4.1x and newer:
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) - provides automatic redundancy
for your adapter. If the primary adapter fails, the secondary
takes over.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) - creates a team of 2 - 4
adapters to increase transmission throughput. Also includes
AFT. Works with any 100BASE-TX switch.
Fast EtherChannel* (FEC) - creates a team of 2 or 4 adapters
to increase transmission and reception throughput. Also
includes AFT. Requires a Cisco switch with FEC capability.
Is any work being done on drivers for FreeBSD that support those
capabilities? I really hate it when NT can do something we can't...
Dave
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