From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 25 08:16:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA21587 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA21580 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:16:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA22863; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:31:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:31:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lynch To: Marc Slemko cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiport NICs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Marc Slemko wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Jeff Lynch wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Marc Slemko wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jeff Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > I seem to remember some of you using Zynx multiport NICs. Are you > > > > using the ZX346 with the de driver? I'm using FBSD2.2.1. > > > > > > Sure, should work; I have had one working under FreeBSD. There are two > > > versions of the 346, as I recall. One is physically larger and one is > > > smaller. You will probably need to download an updated de driver from > > > http://www.3am-software.com/ to make it work properly. > > > > Hmmm. This is a production machine. I can't take time to do this > > the "right" way. I need to powerdown, switch my smc single port (de) > > with the multi-port and get back up within 2 minutes or less. Therefore, > > if there is an older card, know to run with the de driver in FBSD2.2.1 > > would be better this time. Apparently the ZX314 is the one according > > to Ulf. > > If you can find one. However, the 314 isn't made any more (Znyx may still > be shipping a few though) and even newer versions of the 314 may not work > anyway with the old driver, since DEC has made various chipset changes. > > It doesn't take any more downtime to install a new driver while > recompiling your kernel as long as you make it work. Surely you have a > machine somewhere you can test it on first. We placed our spare in service a week ago. Looks like I'll need to hijack a winblows machine and a spare drive to create a new testbead for the short term. Thanks for your comments. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com