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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Dual or quad port 21140 100 Mbps ethernet cards ?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961105112722.6528B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Nov 5, 96 11:28:25 am"
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:25:48 +0100 (MET)
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> On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Heikki Suonsivu wrote:
> 
> > Are there any known-to-work-with-freebsd 100 Mbps ethernet cards which
> > would bridge 2 or more ports per card.  We are using SMC dual port ones
> > now, but I need 100 Mbps ethernet.  I'm aware of ZNYX, but they do not
> > work correctly.
> 
> Yes!  The SMC EtherPower2 has this capability, with 2 available ports.

Would that mean you can cascade a chain of machines without requiring a
hub ($$) ?

> 
> NOTE:  Your motherboard must support assigning int B addresses.  Some
> systems don't.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de