Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:19:29 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: "John W. DeBoskey" <jwd@unx.sas.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapter Message-ID: <436.903712769@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:02:13 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980821095443.18351B-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980821095443.18351B-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us>, >> >to cost me about $10k for the conversion equipment to connect all of >> >our buildings at 100Mbit (would need 10 100BTX -> singlemode >> >converters. I have 5 remote buildings), and if I could just go >> >directly between two of these cards (in FreeBSD boxes of course) with >> >singlemode fiber I think I'd be in heaven. >> >> Why not consider ATM cards with single mode fiber then ? > >Hmm.. Well, its a thought. I will actually probably put a switch on >one end of the fiber run, so i would need to find one with an ATM >interface. I also don't know ATM all too well, so I'd kinda like to >stick to Ethernet. It all comes down to price (and what is supported >in FreeBSD), though. FreeBSDs current ATM is about $1000/port for 155Mbit on copper, I don't know the singlemode prices. You can connect two such back-to-back, so you don't need a switch as such. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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