Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:36:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kim Shrier <kim@createtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for 5 or more PCI ethernet cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117003601.9641e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <346CEC40.99C8A4ED@createtech.com>
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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. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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