Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:41:44 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jasonverkaart@hotmail.com Cc: mmat@twister.zrs.hr, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card Message-ID: <61981.961008104@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:34:26 EDT" References: <20000614173426.17183.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> If you really want 4 network interfaces, you should look into the > multi-interface cards. I have a 4 interface DEC card based on the DEC 24041 > chipset. BSD treats it as 4 seperate cards, and you save yourself 3 slots. > :) (each "NIC" still requires an IRQ though) This is not necessarily true. All the multiport cards I've used (either Tulip or Intel based) have allowed interrupt sharing. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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