I have a need to set up a sniffer based off NetOptics Fiber tap, collecting data from two different segments (so four interfaces total), with a total of around 800Mbps receive traffic, zero transmit.
This would be our first foray into Fiber NICs on OpenBSD, looking for recommendations for on affordable, reliable dual 1000baseSX NICs with good OpenBSD support. Reading Mark Kettenis's O'Reilly interview for 4.0, I see that Marvell/SysKonnect is uncooperative and buggy. We mostly use Intel's Pro/1000 Quad cards for copper GigE, so I could go with the very expensive Intel PWLA8492MF, but at $750/each, the Intel card doesn't meet the "affordable" part of my criteria. Thanks, Kevin
