From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 26 18:51:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA26529 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:51:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gbdata.com (USR1-1.detnet.com [207.113.12.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA26522 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:51:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by main.gbdata.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA05049; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:51:07 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199703270251.UAA05049@main.gbdata.com> Subject: Re: 4 nics in a freebsd machine To: dhamblet@acs2.byu.edu Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:51:06 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3339CFC8.260D@acs2.byu.edu> from Dan Hambleton at "Mar 26, 97 06:39:20 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dan Hambleton wrote: > i am running netware 3.12 with 4 snappable hubs. our internet provider > told us that the unix kernel of the freebsd machine would not support 4 > nics in one machine. this would enable us to have internet access at all > of our network workstations by transmitting the signal through all 4 ipx > hubs. any ideas??? Who is your ISP??? I've had 8 ports on a FreeBSD machine before with no problems (I would not want to try video routing or something of that nature though.). Pick up a zynx 314 or 2 SMC dual ports and your in business. OR, pick up 4 regular nics and max out your pci bus...:) > > Dan Hambleton > Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1