From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 13:02:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA0516A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:02:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from sizone.org (mortar.sizone.org [65.126.154.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7671643FE9 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by sizone.org (Postfix, from userid 66) id 390F03062B; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:02:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id 21A9C1D2068; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:02:40 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16300.2159.853702.977298@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:02:39 -0500 To: Norman Widders In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: BUGS Subject: Multi-NIC cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 21:02:42 -0000 >>>>> "Norman" == Norman Widders 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================