Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 14:42:38 -0400 From: Bill Pechter <pechter@ureach.com> To: "scanner@jurai.net" <scanner@jurai.net>, "Jeff Neuffer " <jneuffer@nscom.com> Cc: "'freebsd-isp@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re: Intel PRO/100 "teaming" Message-ID: <200105071842.OAA05093@stage21.ureach.com>
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---- On Mon, 7 May 2001, scanner@jurai.net (scanner@jurai.net) wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jeff Neuffer wrote: > > > Has anyone or does anyone know if the Intel PRO/100 NICS can be used > in > > "teaming mode" under FreeBSD? > > I have not read the link below yet, but I can tell from the name ts one > of > those "features" Intel swears to god is a trade secret and refuses to > let > out doco for. > > > Here is a link to explain the features I would like to use. Actually > we > > _need_ these features and our platform of choice is FreeBSD. > > http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro100s_srvr_adapter.htm > > > > In summary I'm looking for these features under FreeBSD with the Intel > NICs, > > In order to get these you are going to have to do them in house under an > NDA from the Intel people, or hire a FreeBSD developer to sign an NDA > and > write the support for you into the fxp driver. Either way Intel should > be > strung up by it's toes for it's gorilla NDA tactics that reduce their > cards to cheap two bit 10/100 in the OS world. I relaly wish they would > give the OS developers the doc's to write code for these features. Ive > tried really hard to maket hat happen but they refuse to budge. So I > have > stopped buying and recommending Intel cards to clients, and employers. > > ============================================================================= > -Chris Watson (316) 326-3862 | FreeBSD Consultant, FreeBSD Geek > Work: scanner@jurai.net | Open Systems Inc., Wellington, > Kansas > Home: scanner@deceptively.shady.org | http://open-systems.net > ============================================================================= > WINDOWS: "Where do you want to go today?" > LINUX: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" > BSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" > ============================================================================= > irc.openprojects.net #FreeBSD -Join the revolution! > ICQ: 20016186 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > They do have tar files for Linux support for the non-S encryption versions. The IANS support's off their web site. We use their failover capabilities on Linux... I suppose that *BSD support could be rigged with a bit of work. I don't know if their license would allow that... --Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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