From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 21 08:06:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA17491 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:06:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA17476 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:06:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA18429; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:02:13 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:02:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: "John W. DeBoskey" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapter In-Reply-To: <377.903679209@critter.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > >*drool*... Just out of curiosity, what do these things cost? And can > >you get them with singlemode fiber interfaces? It is currently going > >to cost me about $10k for the conversion equipment to connect all of > >our buildings at 100Mbit (would need 10 100BTX -> singlemode > >converters. I have 5 remote buildings), and if I could just go > >directly between two of these cards (in FreeBSD boxes of course) with > >singlemode fiber I think I'd be in heaven. > > Why not consider ATM cards with single mode fiber then ? Hmm.. Well, its a thought. I will actually probably put a switch on one end of the fiber run, so i would need to find one with an ATM interface. I also don't know ATM all too well, so I'd kinda like to stick to Ethernet. It all comes down to price (and what is supported in FreeBSD), though. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message