Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:07:40 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "MurrayTaylor" <MurrayTaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Imagestream WanIC-520 interface cards Message-ID: <000601c152db$d12a2480$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <01a201c152af$5b09ae00$2a7627cb@bytecraft.au.com>
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The WANic 5xx's use an incompatible chipset and the driver will not work with them. I thnk your supplier is feeding you a line of bullshit. SBS Communications has posted no plans whatsover to discontinue or change the WANic line. They are fully aware that the 405's have open source drivers and are furthermore used in embedded systems too. The WANic 5xx series of cards sell for more money and so naturally your supplier is most interested in maximizing his margin and would prefer to push you into a more expensive card. With the increase in CPU power all of the go-fast hardware on the higher-level cards is less important. Consider that the Hitachi controller chip used on the WANic 405 is the SAME chip that Cisco uses in it's 25xx series of routers, and the Cisco 2501 is the most used router in the world and has the most installed units. SBS Communications is STILL selling the RISCom series of cards which is the predecessor to the WANic, uses the same controller, these are ISA cards that have a design that's over 10 years old. You tell your supplier that since the 405 is being "phased out" that he should sell you a bunch of them at closeout prices. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of MurrayTaylor >Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:49 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Imagestream WanIC-520 interface cards > > >As the WanIC-405 is being phased out (according to my supplier >down under here in OZ), has any development / testing been done on the >apparent replacement, the WanIC-521 (522, 524 ... ) range > >I am especially interested in its compatibility with its predecessor >which I am using very successfully for frame relay under Netgraph. > >I'm trying to get compatability info from the supplier here, >but we are a long way down the food chain ;-( > >Tia > >Murray Taylor >Bytecraft Systems Pty Ltd >murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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