From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 21 18:12:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA28826 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:12:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mordred.cs.ucla.edu (Mordred.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.48.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA28820 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:12:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scottm@mordred.cs.ucla.edu) Received: from mordred.cs.ucla.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mordred.cs.ucla.edu (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA23303 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:11:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scottm@mordred.cs.ucla.edu) Message-Id: <199808220111.SAA23303@mordred.cs.ucla.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:24:06 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:11:45 -0700 From: Scott Michel Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [slightly off topic] Ewwwwwwwww! Friends never let friends build networks with ATM unless absolutely necessary and even then ... It'd be like perpetrating an MS Operating system on someone. If the network can't support mcast naturally, should we really be using it? The good news is that ATM is being relegated to the dust heap of history now that PPP/Packet over Sonet is operational. All we need now is operational PCI bus cards. > > 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. > > Single-mode cards are very expensive (the optics), for short distances > (several hundred meters) use multimode, the fiber is also much cheaper > then. And yes, you don't need any switches - I use them exactly this way. > As for the price... Frankly, I don't remember, the company paid for this > :-), I vaguely remember something like $700 per multimode 155Mbps card. > And the difference in pricing between single- and multi-mode card was > something like 3:1. > > Andrzej Bialecki > > +---------------------+------------------------+--------------------------+ > | | When in problem or in | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { | > | Research & Academic | doubt, run in circles, | fetch("FreeBSD"); | > | Network in Poland | scream and shout. | } | > + --------------------+------------------------+--------------------------+ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message