Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:29:34 -0600 From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> To: "Aaron Turner" <synfinatic@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for dual-phy (copper & fiber) NIC Message-ID: <36C5325A-7B94-4094-B843-DBAED2D57B3D@dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <1ca1c1410801051230l49fa523cicb3f9f9394214701@mail.gmail.com> References: <1ca1c1410801051230l49fa523cicb3f9f9394214701@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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