From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 14 15:34:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.1.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D81914C2F for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:34:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bellefso@execpc.com) Received: from pop01.execpc.com (pop01.execpc.com [169.207.2.114]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.9.1) id RAA27067 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:32:10 -0500 Received: from packfan (mercury-1-179.mdm.mkt.execpc.com [169.207.86.180]) by pop01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id RAA21650 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:31:36 -0500 From: "Brian's Mail" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: 2 or 4 port Ethernet cards Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:35:45 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2212 (4.71.2419.0) In-Reply-To: <19990414115146.24299@ccsales.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0810.800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Compaq does have a Dual port card. I don't know if there is support under FreeBSD though. The PCI Bus can do 132 MB/sec so in theory the bus can handle 4 100Mb ports. This would be roughly 50 MB/sec. So it shouldn't matter if there are 4 seperate cards or a card with four ports, whether or not the card can sustain that output is the important thing. Brian -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of randyk Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 1:52 PM To: Dennis; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 or 4 port Ethernet cards What about Compaq, they have a dual adapter? Randy Katz > and Im hoping to find something a little better. I dont believe that 4 bus > mastering > controllers sharing 1 PCI interface can do 4 X 100Mb/s. Its certainly not a > high > performance solution. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message