From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 08:34:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05844 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:34:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from snowcrest.net (mtshasta.snowcrest.net [207.201.33.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05839 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:34:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from djewett@snowcrest.net) Received: from ws2600 (ppp499.snowcrest.net [209.148.37.147]) by snowcrest.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA02601; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:33:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <014f01be43c9$5bc5f4e0$0afea8c0@ws2600> From: "Derek Jewett" To: "Antonio Bemfica" , Subject: Re: Quad-network card? Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:32:49 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have an order in for one, I should get soon! We looked at using a multi port NIC to use in place of a switch. We have several segments to route/firewall traffic through. As well we have ETC serial cards we plan to use as well to make an ULTIMATE router for security and hopefully performance. A swtich or hub provides little or no security... -----Original Message----- From: Antonio Bemfica To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Quad-network card? >On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Derek Jewett wrote: > >> The Quartet64 by adaptec is supported by 3.0-RELEASE. This is a four port >> ethernet card.. see www.adaptec.com for more info! > >It looks good. Has anyone around here actually used it? I need to build a >firewall for a couple of machines and I am wondering if using this card >in the firewall host (FreeBSD) would be a better solution than a small >hub. > >Any suggestions? > >Antonio > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message