Jason Dixon wrote:
On Sep 10, 2006, at 4:31 AM, Joe wrote:
Andreas Bihlmaier wrote:
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I have the same problem with this board:
cpu0: VIA Esther processor 1500MHz ("CentaurHauls" 686-class) 1.50 GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,SBF,SSE3,EST,TM2
The problem is not dc(4) specific, it seems the board can't handle pci
bridges, so far I tested dual nics: fxp, tl, sf, none of them seems to
work, they all lock up the box as soon as I up more than one of the
interfaces.
Thanks for the reply. This is disappointing. I really wanted to use
this board as my new firewall/vpn.
So, my advice for now is to stay away from the new VIA EN or CN series
boards with the C7 processor for use as multihomed firewalls.
I still don't understand why some folks avoid using VLANs in these
circumstances. You can get very creative with physical interfaces,
trunk(4), and vlan(4). It's pretty rare these days that you actually
*need* dual/quad cards.
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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
I was under the impression that VLANs were never meant to provide any
security and that VLAN "hopping" was possible. The thought did cross my
mind to use VLANs though.
