From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 4 12: 3:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F75B37B401 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:03:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA00924 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:03:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:03:36 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: D-Link DFE-570TX Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi everybody, I'm considering the purchase of a D-Link DFE-570TX (4 port 10/100 Ethernet for those not familiar). I can purchase these one at a time (shipped <2 days) for about $350 CDN ($230 US). The mailing lists suggest that it is supported under 4.x with the dc driver. Is this card a good choice? Any compatibility or detection issues? I'm considering putting 2 or 3 of these in a machine to use as a multiport intelligent router/firewall. Any issues with multiple cards of this type? The obvious alternative is to by a single 2nd $20 NIC and plug into a less expensive hub or switch... Which may actually be cheaper and more extensible, not to mention "hot-swappable". Thoughts? - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message