Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:06:03 +1000 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Good dual port NICs? Message-ID: <3D17B3EB.2010403@quake.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10206240730340.3525-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Tom Samplonius wrote: > > All of these cards use the ports as separate interfaces. The load > balancing and redundancy features are provided by the driver only. And > the FreeBSD driver has no such support and will only let you use the ports > as separate interfaces. > > However, I believe there is work on generic support for 802.3ad (link > aggregation). Ahh ok, so its not actualy a feature of the hardware like they seem to try and make out on the web site.. Quote: "The DFE-570TX works like a single network adapter being replaced with an array of 4 adapters. The server sees one logical interface to the network. DFE-570TX provides both dynamic failover and load balancing." The server actualy see's 4 logical interfaces and the software tricks it into seeing it as 1... Well it would be nice to have the fbsd drivers get that sort of functionality but for me I just want the extra ports ;) Thanks for clearing that up! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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