From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 31 16:54: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.ocsny.com (apollo.ocsny.com [204.107.76.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E715F37B969; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikel@ocsny.com) Received: from ocsny.com (ppp-007.ocsny.com [204.107.76.34]) by apollo.ocsny.com (8.9.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA33326; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:51:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38E534D2.9F9638C@ocsny.com> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:29:22 -0500 From: Mikel Organization: Optimized Computer Solutions, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ryan R. Tharp" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual network cards References: <006801bf7e3b$7a80e0e0$82a815cf@nordicdms.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------19ED2A8BDDBF069F3E20DA9F" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------19ED2A8BDDBF069F3E20DA9F Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------5134F7BB779C11CFB3A8E0C4" --------------5134F7BB779C11CFB3A8E0C4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just clearing out my folders and see I forgot to answer ou on this one....personally I would go with SMC 10/100 cards, as they are small reliable and VERY affordable. I can purchase them through channel, for round $18 +shppng....most of my servers now have them cause the 3com's are costing my round $80-85.... "Ryan R. Tharp" wrote: > I would like to set up a freebsd box with as much network bandwidth as > possible. It connects to an HP 10/100 switch that has FEC (Fast > EtherChannel). I'm hoping I can throw 2 nics in the box. Looking for > advice: What factors are involved?Will this increase my > preformance? -Ryan. -- Cheers, Mikel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Optimized Computer Solutions, Inc http://www.ocsny.com | 39 W14th Street, Suite 203 212 727 2238 x132 | New York, NY 10011 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Labor rates: Tech $125 hourly | Net Engineer $150 hourly | Phone Support $ 33 quarter hourly | Lost Password $ 45 per incedent +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | http://www.ocsny.com/~mikel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ --------------5134F7BB779C11CFB3A8E0C4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just clearing out my folders and see I forgot to answer ou on this one....personally I would go with SMC 10/100 cards, as they are small reliable and VERY affordable. I can purchase them through channel, for round $18 +shppng....most of my servers now have them cause the 3com's are costing my round $80-85....
 

"Ryan R. Tharp" wrote:

I would like to set up a freebsd box with as much network bandwidth as possible. It connects to an HP 10/100 switch that has FEC (Fast EtherChannel). I'm hoping I can throw 2 nics in the box. Looking for advice: What factors are involved?Will this increase my preformance? -Ryan.

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Cheers,
Mikel
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