From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 27 13:11:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA12796 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:11:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA12788 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA08481; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:11:10 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199611272111.NAA08481@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: multiport ethernet In-Reply-To: from John Capo at "Nov 27, 96 02:54:45 pm" To: jc@irbs.com (John Capo) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:11:09 -0800 (PST) Cc: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Quoting Gary Clark II (gclarkii@main.gbdata.com): > > Hello, > > > > Has one used the Cogent Quartet lately? I need to produce a low > > cost ethernet router here and this thing looks like it should give > > me the most bang for the buck. > > > > SMC has a dual port 10/100 card, SMC8434, that can be had for > $230US. If you don't need high port density this one may be a > better deal. Don't know if it works with the de driver. WARNING!!! The SMC8434 requieres a motherboard that routes both PCI INT A and B to the slot, very few if any PCI 2.x compliant boards do this. Nothing from ASUS can run this card, infact about the only thing I have found that can run this card is old PCI 1.x boards with jumpers to manually route the interrupts. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD