There is an Intel dual NIC available for 2.5k I buy from Richie street. Also in Bangalore. I am sure you will get in Hyd as well.
I wonder why no one in LUG knows this. You can put two of them in two PCI and you get 5 NICs right? -Girish On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Ravi Kumar Tenneti <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> I would like to know from this list if anybody has used ZeroShell ( >> http://www.zeroshell.net/) > > Yes. It is awesome. I am using it in my office and have also > deployed it at a few client sites using PCEngines ALIX boards (3 > NICs). > >> I am trying to add two ISP connections and distribute the same to all the >> users in an Organization. >> >> But the following problems are encountered: >> >> 1. Most of the systems are having One ethernet (which is onboard) and only >> one PCI slot. > > What kind of form factor boards are you using? Most microATX do have > couple of PCI-e slots and you can put PCI-e NICs in them. > >> 2. In the market getting Dual NIC is becoming difficult and also want to >> know - if anybody tried differently. > > In Mumbai, they are available but the cost is not worth it. > > You can get quad port (used) Gb NICs on ebay.us for under USD100. > Ping your US based friends to ship one to you. Avoid direct India > shipments from the vendor; S&H charges are on the high side usually. > > Soekris quad / dual port PCI cards are also a good option if fast > ethernet is good enough for you. > > As an alternate you can try good quality USB > RJ45 adapters but I > would not recommend them for office use. > > HTH, > -- Arun Khan > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- Gayatri Hitech http://gayatri-hitech.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
