In relation to debugging my DNS lookup woes (see other posts!) I'm going to buy a spare PCI ethernet card. Since my firewall machine is tiny and quiet, it only has one PCI slot so I'd like to get a multiport, ideally four port, card. Some time back people recommended the Intel Pro multiport cards but they were out of my price range except on Ebay (where I can now only see one two port card). I also had a recommendation for Soekris who have 2 and 4 port cards at prices I can pay and say they have linux support (see end of post for spec).
Does anyone have experience of these cards with Woody or have another recommendation? TIA, Chris == info from http://www.soekris.com/ === Soekris Engineering lan1621 and lan1641 These two multiport ethernet adapters deliver excellent performance at competetive prices, and has been designed for long term availability for the embedded market. The lan1621 is a short low profile PCI board with two independent ethernet controllers, perfect for space limited systems and 2U servers. The lan1641 is a short standard profile PCI board with four independent ethernet controllers, for systems where the highest number of ports are needed. Both boards can also be used for adding additional ethernet ports to the Soekris net4501 and net4801 communication computers. Specifications: * National Semicondutor DP83816 ethernet controller chips * Texas Instruments PCI2250 PCI-PCI bridge chip * High performance PCI busmaster interface with large buffers and interrupt holdoff * Shielded RJ-45 connectors with LED's for speed and activity * 33 Mhz, 32 bit PCI 2.3 expansion cards, universal for 3.3V and 5V power and signaling * IEEE 802.3u 10 Mbps 10BaseT and 100 Mps 100BaseTX, half and full duplex * IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation * IEEE 802.3x Full duplex flow control * lan1621: Two ports short low profile PCI board, power max 1.5W when 3.3V is available * lan1641: Four ports short standard PCI board, power max 2.8W when 3.3V is available * Operating temperature 0-60 0C Software: * Driver support for most operating systems, incl. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux and Windows. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
