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Cc: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,
	Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
Subject: Re: Advise on PCIX dual network card
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>>
>>  I use the intel PCI-X cards with multiple OS's.  They have 2 and
>>  4 port versions.
>
> 	/Nota bene/: I bought an (AGP) PRO/1000 GT dual port a while
> back. PRO/1000s generally were harder to find and (if I remember
> correctly) the two- and four-porters more expensive per port tham
> /N/ single-port cards.
>
PCI-X cards are quite cheap here (up to 4 ports) second-hands because 
newer computers doesn't have PCI-X. same with SATA controllers