From owner-freebsd-atm Fri Jul 6 15:47:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Received: from aspenworks.com (aspenworks.com [192.94.236.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F6E37B403 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:47:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@aspenworks.com) Received: from aspenserver ([209.248.89.130]) by aspenworks.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA90927; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 16:47:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from alex@aspenworks.com) Message-ID: <002f01c1066e$58b80a30$6a00a8c0@aspenworks.com> From: "Alex Huppenthal" To: "Richard Hodges" , Cc: References: Subject: Re: FWD: ATM STM-1/ OC-3 singlemode NIC for FreeBSD Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 16:52:29 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-atm@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Richard, You are a step ahead of me, it seems. :-) $200 sounds even better. -Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hodges" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: Re: FWD: ATM STM-1/ OC-3 singlemode NIC for FreeBSD > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, mark tinguely wrote: > > > From: "Heimes, Rene" > > To: > > > > > does anyone know a reliable atm stm-1/oc-3 singlemode network interface > > > card that is supported by freebsd? > > > and, also important, where to get it from? (vendor/distributor) > > I believe that Interphase sells a 5575 with a singlemode interface, > and the Fore PCA200E was also available with one, but I don't think > you want to spend that kind of money - more than $1000 if I remember > correctly. > > What I would do is get a decent multimode adapter and replace the > MMF module with SMF. The PCA200E or LE155 cards would be perfect > for this. I just priced HP singlemode modules last week, and they > were just over $200. Expensive, but not insane. If money is more > important than time, it may be possible to salvage an SMF module > from some "junk" ATM equipment. > > And yes, IT IS THAT EASY. The modules have nine pins connecting them > to the circuit board. Desolder the old one and solder in the new one. > I did it to one of my ATM switch modules. It was a piece of cake. > Anyone with (de-)soldering skills and a calm attitude can do it :-) > > > I don't know of any single mode cards supported by FreeBSD, but I am > > forwarding this from -questions to the -atm group for their input. > > > > --mark tinguely. > > -Richard > > ------------------------------------------- > Richard Hodges | Matriplex, inc. > Product Manager | 769 Basque Way > rh@matriplex.com | Carson City, NV 89706 > 775-886-6477 | www.matriplex.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-atm" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-atm" in the body of the message