From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 21 08:23:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA20554 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:23:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA20545 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:23:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00438; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:19:29 +0200 (CEST) To: Chris Dillon cc: "John W. DeBoskey" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:02:13 CDT." Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:19:29 +0200 Message-ID: <436.903712769@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , >> >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. FreeBSDs current ATM is about $1000/port for 155Mbit on copper, I don't know the singlemode prices. You can connect two such back-to-back, so you don't need a switch as such. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message