Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:25:44 -0400 From: "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Kitt Diebold" <kitt@connecticom.com> Subject: Re: ethernet cards... Message-ID: <008701bdc180$c5a76ae0$f3d396ce@ivy.ezo.net>
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Kitt, Why not just use an Ethernet hub for the physical connections to your client computers and then use ipfw with the router software in your fbsd box to set up a logical connection to each client gateway. Tough to beat an 8-port hub for cost and you don't care much about speed (relatively) delivering the Internet. -----Original Message----- From: Kitt Diebold <kitt@connecticom.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 5:14 PM Subject: ethernet cards... >I am going to set up an inexpensive router for an in-building network (we >sell internet access to other businesses in the building and we'd rather >route than switch netween segments) and I would like to do it with FreeBSD. >All of the routing will be through ethernet interfaces. > >Since the number is PCI/ISA slots in motherboards are limited, I was >wondering if anyone had seen any ethernet cards (10 or 10/100) that had >multiple independant ethernet ports on a single PCI or ISA card that was >compatilble with FreeBSD. > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Thanks! > >-Kitt > >Connecticom, Inc. >Internet Services for Business > (web hosting & programming) >(716) 546-3510 >http://www.connecticom.com > > > >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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