Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:33:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> To: Tom Pavel <pavel@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Experience with multi-channel ethernet cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908100032440.11870-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <0FG8002B9L7W3M@mailbox.slac.stanford.edu>
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The 2 port Intel card works fine. I'm using the 4 port Znyx card with the de driver just peachily as well. On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Tom Pavel wrote: > > I have a project for which I'm going to need to get a lot of ethernet > ports into one machine, and so I thought I'd look into the > availability of dual- or quad-channel ethernet cards. > > A quick Web search turned up the Intel Pro 100 dual port card > (PILA8472) and the SMC EtherPower II dual card (SMC9334). Neither of > these are explicitly listed as supported in FreeBSD 3.2 (and the 3C980 > "server" NIC which is supported turns out not actually to be a > dual-channel card...). > > So, does anyone know if either of these cards work with the existing > fxp/de drivers? If so, what has your experience with them been? Do > they show up as 2 independent network interfaces, or is there > something more subtle? > > Alternately, if anyone has any other ideas along these lines, I'd love > to hear about them. [I don't suppose anyone has a driver for a Sun > QFE card... Would that even work in an Intel PC?] > > > Tom Pavel > > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > pavel@slac.stanford.edu http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~pavel/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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