From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 03:01:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3974B16A417 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 03:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toasty@dragondata.com) Received: from tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org [204.9.54.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B9713C459 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 03:01:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toasty@dragondata.com) Received: from mail.your.org (server3-a.your.org [64.202.112.67]) by tokyo01.jp.mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB532AD541F; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 02:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pool011.dhcp.your.org (pool011.dhcp.your.org [69.31.99.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.your.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8614FA0A44F; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 02:29:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: <36C5325A-7B94-4094-B843-DBAED2D57B3D@dragondata.com> From: Kevin Day To: "Aaron Turner" In-Reply-To: <1ca1c1410801051230l49fa523cicb3f9f9394214701@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:29:34 -0600 References: <1ca1c1410801051230l49fa523cicb3f9f9394214701@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for dual-phy (copper & fiber) NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:01:49 -0000 On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:30 PM, Aaron Turner wrote: > Sorry for the slightly OT, but I've run out of ideas... > > I could of sworn about a month ago or so, I found a half-height > gigabit NIC (PCI Express I think) which offered two copper AND two SFP > connectors for > fiber. The card had only two ethernet controllers (Marvell I think), > hence you could only use up to two connectors at any time. Very > similar to many switches which give you the choice of copper or fiber > but not both (sometimes called "combo ports"). > > Of course, I didn't bookmark the page, I can't find it in my browser > history and Google is failing me horribly. Note: I'm NOT looking for > the old SysKonnect or Allied Tellysn cards which are 10/100Mbps. This > was a gigabit card! > > Any hints or pointers to the page, vendor or reseller would be greatly > appreciated. > I know this isn't what you're looking for, but what about buying a 2 port SFP gigabit card, and putting a copper SFP and a fiber SFP in? http://www.dssnetworks.com/v3/gigabit_pci_6267.asp That should work with the "em" driver I believe, and you can stuff whichever kind of SFP you want in it. Copper SFPs are pretty cheap... http://www.finisar.com/product-160-1000BASE-T_Copper_SFP_(FCMJ-8521-3_8520-3) While I'm not saying I don't believe what you're describing exists, I'm having trouble picturing how you could fit 2 RJ48 and 2 SFP slots on a half height card. -- Kevin