From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Aug 17 6:21:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A2437B400; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 06:21:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A59F43E6E; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 06:21:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from prime ([12.88.88.197]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020817132136.NBGB23721.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@prime>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:21:36 +0000 Message-ID: <007701c245f1$026e4090$0301a8c0@prime> From: "Charles Swiger" To: , References: <20020816212544.Y69193-100000@ren.sasknow.com> Subject: Re: 4-port NICs Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:14:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org From: "Ryan Thompson" > I'm looking for a good 4-port NIC for use in replacing a firewall that > joins four networks. Previously, I have done this with a 4U chassis > and a slew of single or dual port cards. In this case, I've got a 1U > chassis and one PCI slot. I've had good experiences with a 4-port DEC 21x4x NIC, which I believe was made (or OEMed?) by Asante: pcib2@pci0:16:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000000dc chip=0x00241011 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = '21151/2 PCI to PCI Bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI dc0@pci2:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11101186 chip=0x00191011 rev=0x41 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = 'DC21142/3 PCI/CardBus 10/100 Mbit Ethernet Ctlr' class = network subclass = ethernet dc1@pci2:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11101186 chip=0x00191011 rev=0x41 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = 'DC21142/3 PCI/CardBus 10/100 Mbit Ethernet Ctlr' class = network subclass = ethernet dc2@pci2:6:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11101186 chip=0x00191011 rev=0x41 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = 'DC21142/3 PCI/CardBus 10/100 Mbit Ethernet Ctlr' class = network subclass = ethernet dc3@pci2:7:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11101186 chip=0x00191011 rev=0x41 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = 'DC21142/3 PCI/CardBus 10/100 Mbit Ethernet Ctlr' class = network subclass = ethernet I've been using them in various FW/router boxes for about 2 years without any memorable issues. -Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message