Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:47 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste <kalts@estpak.ee> To: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good dual port NICs? Message-ID: <20020627100347.GA15983@myhakas.estpak.ee>
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On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 05:54:54PM -0700, "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Nick Sayer wrote: > > > > > Stay away from the Znyx 4 port ZX346Q. The card is ostensibly 4 'dc' > > > cards, but the dc driver does not properly parse the SROM to figure out > > > what values to poke around for media selection. It's not Znyx's fault. > > > Their SROM is legal per the spec I read, but our driver doesn't obey > > > that spec. > > > > Did you try the Znyx driver they provide on their website? :-) They > > support link failover and other goodies and have been longtime FreeBSD > > supporters. > > > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > > Not to mention, they use those in at least some expensive Nokia > firewall boxes (ie IP440 which was $10-12K), which run FreeBSD as the > base OS. Which run IPSO as the base OS, but yes, IPSO is based on FreeBSD. We're having two 4-port Znyx cards in the IP440 and they work well. It would be nice if Nokia will donate the Znyx driver or parts of it for the FreeBSD Project as a goodwill. -- Vallo Kallaste kalts@estpak.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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