Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:43:18 -0400 From: "Dave" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au> Cc: "FreeBSD ISP" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Good dual port NICs? Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNMECEPMAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <3D17B4F1.7050203@quake.com.au>
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I imagine its a matter of quantity like everything else... if it costs $10k to setup, design and manufacturer a card over 100 cards = $100 per card plus componants. over 100,000 cards = $0.01 per card plus cost of componants. Would imagine demand for multiport NIC's isn't as great as simple single ports. or, (and more likely) just a way for them to make more profit since server folk are more likely to spend money on what is perceived to be better product (note Cisco) just thoughts have usedwhat I am assuming is a similar chipset on the Intel server boards (on board nics) with no problem. Have not stacked multiport nic cards on top of it though. cheers, Dave >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kal Torak >Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 8:10 PM >To: Gregory Bond >Cc: FreeBSD ISP >Subject: Re: Good dual port NICs? > > >Gregory Bond wrote: >> We had good luck with the Intel dual EtherExpress Pro 100 cards, >even if they >> do cost about 10x a single! This is still on FreeBSD 3.2 (soon, soon to be >> 4.6). >I was thinking about these cards since I currently have all >EtherExpress Pro 100 cards.. But for the cost of the dual port >Intel I can get a 4 port D-Link or something... > >How they justifiy the price when its basicaly two Pro 100's >stuck onto one pcb I dont know.. The manufacturing costs cant >be that much more... > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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