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Cc: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Advise on PCIX dual network card
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Derek Ragona writes:

>  >I need to buy a PCI eXtended dual network card, any advise on what
>  >brand is supported and work reliabily?
>  
>  I use the intel PCI-X cards with multiple OS's.  They have 2 and
>  4 port versions.

	/Nota bene/: I bought an (AGP) PRO/1000 GT dual port a while
back. PRO/1000s generally were harder to find and (if I remember
correctly) the two- and four-porters more expensive per port tham
/N/ single-port cards.


				Robert Huff