Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 09:55:36 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, Kevin Van Maren <vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu>, didier@omnix.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network board with several 10baseT (fwd) Message-ID: <19981010095536.C27093@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199810101223.MAA10700@etinc.com>; from Dennis on Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 12:34:44PM -0400 References: <199810082003.OAA15474@fast.cs.utah.edu> <199810101223.MAA10700@etinc.com>
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On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 12:34:44PM -0400, Dennis wrote: > Can anyone shed some light as to which of these boards below is > working well in 2.2.7 and v3.0? Im a little wary of using the if_de driver. > Is anyone using the phobos stuff? I have use a ZNYX 314 with the de driver under 2.2.x, either with the included driver or with the de driver downloaded from Matt Thomas (for 2.2.2 I think I used it) > > Dennis > > At 02:03 PM 10/8/98 -0600, Kevin Van Maren wrote: > >> Is tehre any working network board with several lan interfaces on the same > >> board > > > >There are several. Phobos (www.phobos.com) makes a 4-port 10/100 > >card that has a "beta" driver available for 2.2.X and 3.0. > >Send email to Alison_Dodds@phobos.com about this. It has driver > >support for NT, Netware, Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD, Irix, and HPUX. > >Under some OSes, it supports "trunking", or link aggregation (with > >the right switch). FreeBSD trunking support is planned, which is > >more than anyone can say about the other cards. > > > >Adaptec makes a 4-port card (6944/A) that is supported. Znyx > >also makes one that *I believe* works -- both those use the DEC > >21140 chip and the if_de driver. All three retail for around > >$695 (actual cost is $500-$550, or a little less for the Phobos card). > > > >Intel makes a 2-port card (costs as much as 3 single-port intel cards, > >at around $250) that *should* work w/o any problems with the if_fxp > >driver. > > > >All these are 10/100TX cards; all the multi-port 10Mbps-only cards > >have been discontinued. > > > >Kevin > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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