Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:42:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Nicholas <marc@netstor.com> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DLINK quad ethernet board Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906162341410.2016-100000@medulla.hippocampus.net> In-Reply-To: <199906170047.UAA15480@etinc.com>
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Load balancing will always be done at the driver level, and not in board logic...you want those separate MACs etc. :-) This is true of all the boards I'm familiar with. I'm actually trying to implement EtherChannel under FreeBSD for Znyx boards right now. -marc ---------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas netSTOR Technologies, Inc. http://www.netstor.com "Fast, Expandable and Affordable Internet Caching Products" 1.877.464.4776 416.979.9000 fax: 416.979.8223 cell: 416.346.9255 On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dennis wrote: > At 05:06 PM 6/16/99 -0400, you wrote: > >At a chipset level (DEC 21143) yes...in the same way a Znyx card would > >work. > > > >It looks like the card also uses a DEC bridge chip too (not unussual on > >multi-port Ethernet cards) and FreeBSD will also cope fine with that too. > > > >HOWEVER...be aware that some BIOSes mess up the initialization of such > >beasties (PCI bridging and all). > > I also notice that DLINK markets this as a "load balancing board" which > "appears as a single nic to the system". I assume that their windows driver > makes it look like that, but it may have a strange interface. > > They are apparently a lot cheaper than Zynx boards (with the same > technology)....Although I havent really found any of the DLINK dealers that > sell them. > > Dennis > > > >So, in short, it should work...but I've never tried it :-) > > > >Out of interest, how much do DLink knock these puppies out of? > > > > > >-marc > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >Marc Nicholas netSTOR Technologies, Inc. http://www.netstor.com > >"Fast, Expandable and Affordable Internet Caching Products" > >1.877.464.4776 416.979.9000 fax: 416.979.8223 cell: 416.346.9255 > > > >On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dennis wrote: > > > >> > >> Is this board supported? Anyone using them? > >> > >> Dennis > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" 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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