Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:54:41 -0500 From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Martin Bokaemper <mnbokaem@pizza.franken.de> Cc: alex@comsys.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-port Ethernet cards ?? Anyone have them or want to develop them? Message-ID: <19980111125441.35963@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <m0xrMgF-0004pYC@olive.franken.de>; from Martin Bokaemper on Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 01:39:51PM %2B0100 References: <34B86D45.643D@comsys.com> <m0xrMgF-0004pYC@olive.franken.de>
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On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Martin Bokaemper wrote:
> Hi.
>
> > We're again looking at the requirements for a ISP box that
> > has 8 Ethernet ports. We'd like to run FreeBSD in the box, prefer
> > Intel or Digital 10/100 Mbit Ethernet controllers - 4 per board
> > would be good. Priced around $300 each.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If this is a per port price, then the Znyx and Adaptec four port PCI
cards will meet your needs. However, if this is the per board price,
then I believe developing a card (or finding a real sweet deal) may
be your only alternative.
> >
> > If there's someone interested in developing such a card we'd can
> > participate. Please contact me directly.
> >
> > If there's something out there already that fits the bill,
> > we'd buy rather than build.
>
> There are 4-port Ethernet Controllers available. We have one in use
> from Cogent (now: Adaptec). They have a family of 4 port PCI-cards
> that all use the DECchip controllers.
> We use the 4x BNC (10Mbps) model but you can get up to
> 4x 100Mbps fullduplex. The card currently runs in a linux box
> but I had it on FreeBSD too and it works fine. I don't know
> current prices. Look at
> <http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/cogentquart.html>;
>
> Potential Problems:
> - The board uses a PCI Bridge. Older BIOS versions often do not initialize
> these chips properly.
> - Two cards _should_ be no problem, but you can only be sure about that
> after a test (another field for BIOS or PCI-Driver bugs).
> - The controllers are longer than typical PCI-Boards - many Mainboards have
> the CPU or SIMMs in the back of the PCI-Slots so you can't plug
> in two long cards.
>
> ciao,
> Martin.
> --
--
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.
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