From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 20:25:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50AF210656B8 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:25:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvidican@m2.vidican.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0DC08FC0A for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:25:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb33 with SMTP id 33so2399950wyb.13 for ; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:25:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.133.18 with SMTP id d18mr158910wbt.33.1283544069413; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: nvidican@m2.vidican.com Received: by 10.216.170.134 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:01:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [136.1.1.105] In-Reply-To: <19585.12609.782477.654588@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <19585.12609.782477.654588@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:01:09 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: w4FpDBYWZIPUmobnWoKNscFUR_o Message-ID: From: Nathan Vidican To: Robert Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Ryan Coleman , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Which of these NICs will work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:25:17 -0000 I have several Intel multi-port, (2 port, 4 port and even some 2 port fibre-optic), cards in use. All have been rock-solid, stable performers, and have hardware VLAN tagging and trunking capability. I have some 4 port cards in use with LACP+VLAN Trunking, and then use vlan interfaces in FreeBSD configured per vlan. This allows many networks to share the same interface and is great for virtualization type situations too. Just my two cents - but I'd pay the extra for the Intel because I know it just works predictably and reliably. -- Nathan Vidican nathan@vidican.com Happy FreeBSD'er since 2.2.1:) On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > Ryan Coleman writes: > > > Any thoughts? I need/want to get a multi-port NIC for my new > > system but I haven't purchased the guts for the server yet. > > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010064+600013872+600016290&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=27&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc= > > > > Basically, this machine will have two external (real-world) IPs > > and one network LAN (10.0.1.0/24) address, finding three-NIC > > motherboards is not exactly possible so this is my alternative. > > Intel network cards have a very good reputation; I have been > running a dual-port Pro/1000 GT for years and the thing is still a > rock. Others will have a better opinion on performance issues. > The Intel employee who maintains the driver is frequently seen > on current@ and occasionally on questions@. Nice guy, very > responsive. > > > Robert Huff > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >