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From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
Message-Id: <199711181802.TAA06864@intern>
Subject: Re: Support for 5 or more PCI ethernet cards
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117120443.10775B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Nov 17, 97 12:05:01 pm"
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:02:01 +0100 (CET)
Cc: nrice@emu.sourcee.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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> On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Norman C. Rice wrote:
> 
> > > I've seen PII motherboards with lots of PCI slots.  THe drivers can handle
> > > it no problem.  Also, some vendors have multi-port Ethernet cards which
> > > combine 2 or 4 cards onto one board.
> > 
> > Could you please recommend a multi-port Ethernet card that is known to
> > work with FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE)?
> 
> I believe SMC and Zynx make Digital-based multiport cards.

I have got the SMC 8434BT dual channel which used to work great
until the new de driver was brought into 2.2.5 :-(

Otherwise a really good card which always had a good perfomance...

	-Andre