Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:06:40 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Support for 5 or more PCI ethernet cards Message-ID: <19971117100640.62928@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117003601.9641e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 12:36:34AM -0800 References: <346CEC40.99C8A4ED@createtech.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117003601.9641e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 12:36:34AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Kim Shrier wrote: > > > I am considering using a FreeBSD box to do routing between 5 > > different ethernet segments. Are there any motherboards that > > support 5 or more PCI slots and will the ethernet drivers > > cope with that many NICs in a single box? I will probably > > need to handle more segments in the future and I would like > > to have a box that could cope with 8 NICs if possible. > > I've seen PII motherboards with lots of PCI slots. THe drivers can handle > it no problem. Also, some vendors have multi-port Ethernet cards which > combine 2 or 4 cards onto one board. Could you please recommend a multi-port Ethernet card that is known to work with FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE)? > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > -- Regards, Norm
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