From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Apr 16 15: 9: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54E9D159E5 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: (qmail 58955 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Apr 1999 22:06:35 +0000 (GMT) To: wayne@msen.com Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd used in routers? From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:36:17 -0400" References: <19990416173617.A9261@msen.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:06:34 +0200 Message-ID: <58953.924300394@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > We're partial to the Intel 10/100 ethernet cards but find that we > need to install 4 ethernets and 8 T1 ports into a single box that > only has 3 PCI slots. What are people who are doing moderate > ethernet traffic using for multiport ethernet cards? Any problems > or cautions? Obvious choice for the 4 Ethernets would be a 4-port DEC 2114x based cards, available from (at least) Adaptec, Matrox, Znyx and Phobos. AFAIK, the greatest density you can get with an Intel based card is two 82558 based Ethernet ports per PCI slot. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message