From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 16 07:33:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA00896 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 May 1997 07:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA00891 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 07:33:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA05721; Fri, 16 May 1997 10:42:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970516102635.00685888@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 10:26:38 -0400 To: Bradley Dunn From: dennis Subject: Re: interface card to connect 64k..256k to connect to internet Cc: isp@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 07:26 PM 5/15/97 -0400, you wrote: >On Thu, 15 May 1997, dennis wrote: > >> Well...the math isnt QUITE that easy, as you'd need a special MB >> with more than 4 PCI slots to do this....but I dont think that the original > >Sure it is. :) > >ASUS P6NP5 w/ 150-MHz Pentium Pro: $435 (5 PCI slots) >2 x 32MB 60ns 72-pin parity RAM: $418 >Generic ISA video: $35 >Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 PCI: $79 >Case + Power: $50 >3.5" Floppy: $24 >Adaptec ISA SCSI controller: $129 >1GB Seagate SCSI: $249 > ---- > $1419 + Shipping < $2000 Does this MB have a PCI-PCI bridge? 5 slots is out of spec...I wouldn't run my main router on this MB with 5 network cards. You know there IS a reason that you dont see more than 4 slots in a box....... Plus...I wouldn't use an ISA bus-mastering SCSI on a PCI box, particularly with 5 network cards. The mechanics are ugly and you'd be much better off using the PCI IDE...its much more efficient and you dont need much disk throughput on a router..... Anyone know of any all-pci (with a PCI-PCI bridge) MBs? Are these supported in Freebsd? Dennis