On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:36:06 +0100 Andy Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/16/05, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a couple similarly marketed, similarly described cards > > (although, with a cheap dc(4) chip), and while they are VERY useful, > > they are not four-port NICs. What it actually is is a single port > > NIC with a four port switch. I'm fairly sure this is the exact same > > thing. Evidence: the picture seems to show two moderately small > > chips, most quad-port NICs have five chips -- four NICs and a > > PCI-PCI bridge. COULD it be a PCI-PCI bridge and a quad-port NIC > > chip? Perhaps, but I'm not aware of anyone putting four NICs on one > > chip. > > More evidence - the description claims it uses the RTL8139D and > RTL8305SB chipsets. The RTL8139D chipset is obviously the NIC, the > RTL8305B chipset is a five port switch: right again - 1 nic and a build-in switch. ...would be too cheap for a "real" quad-nic :-) -- Andre Ruppert
