From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 02:20:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3091316A403 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:20:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D02C413C461 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 3630 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2007 02:20:56 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:Content-Type:To:From:Subject:Date:X-Mailer; b=JrB3BkHUOEFKlALGd4r++ZcopBVJYeCfq8YUjyhO4yzIG03nMuq1kMLWRxm0q6uETpr9fg54fPjUqbdqhqADBBWkNeoKsjSUEikRseoM3zRJWiegPEOSI5FH9ijQGwx3b7kwVIf090tSTiZcLqoh0gN4aym9Tqb7PyihxkFV0kw= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Mar 2007 02:20:56 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: .LuNEgoVM1mWlg0gho2at54bdZMsqQcmfJ3WyIt.hUspjHmPZ.SfO3.6nhDKyfkoC6sGWtQ.6SoTiUzyoHrspVa1t1KqzXtxhCUt9WCfl50dGYE_GKT_NNFFtD99SRgUSPn.Yh8JgDOwY1Y- Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <88136d73789a204a841fd1116270b165@prodigy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: FreeBSD Mailing List From: jekillen Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:20:35 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: hardware question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:20:57 -0000 Hello; I have built a machine with ASUS M2N32 WS pro motherboard. It has dual network interface ports that are Marvell interfaces. I understand that FreeBSD does not yet support Marvell as of v6.2. I did get a reference to a source for the driver source and instructions to compile and install. But my short term solution was to get Intel nics that fit in PCIe lane one slots. As fate would have it one of the slots is situated too close to some copper vain heat dissipation attachments, so the second interface card will not fit in the slot for the obstruction. So, my question is simple: Can I use a network interface card made for a PCIe lane one slot in a PCIe lane 16 slot and expect it to work? By way of explanation: I need to interfaces because I am using this machine as a web server and I want one public ip address assigned to it and one private ip address assigned to it also. I have all but http and dns blocked from the outside. I use ssh and ftp to post content to the machine on the inside network. Thanks, not tearing my hair just yet.... Jeff K