Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:02:39 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Norman Widders <torquemada@paladincorp.com.au> Cc: BUGS <bugs@bugs.au.freebsd.org> Subject: Multi-NIC cards Message-ID: <16300.2159.853702.977298@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0311080022550.-391923@rameau.paladincorp.com.au> References: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0311080022550.-391923@rameau.paladincorp.com.au>
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>>>>> "Norman" == Norman Widders <torquemada@paladincorp.com.au> writes: Norman> ie I have a 1U, which needs four (4) extra interfaces/NIC's to Norman> act as a gateway/fw. (6 nics needed in total) Norman> So I was curious about such devices (the 1U already has Norman> dual-NIC onboard) Norman> The FreeBSD Hardware list includes the ANA-62044 64-bit quad Norman> port 10/100baseTX adapter are there any others Norman> known/tested/supported/widely-available? Norman> Will ipfw/bridging support work with this configuration if I Norman> can find a quad-network card ? sorry if this is in the Norman> archives but if you've done this before, please let me know, Norman> TIA! There are quite a few. Intel makes both fxp (10/100) en (GigE) 2 port and 4 port cards. Adaptec makes a 4 port card, but we had problems with the one we tested not routing as efficiently as the fxp. Intel also bought DEC's tulip chipset and you can still find the odd vendor. DLink used to make a 4 port card with the tulip. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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