On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 09:49:05PM -0500, Todd Alan Smith wrote: > On 6/5/07, Claudio Jeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 06:10:08PM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > >> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Robert Franklin wrote: > >> > >> > Why not a qfe card from Sun? I've used a quad port Sun PCI card for at > >> > least a few years in both me Sun AXI servers, and currently I have one > >> > installed in a dell 1550 that works just fine. You can find the Sun > >> > quad cards for really cheap off of ebay. I think I picked mine up for > >> > around $40 USD. > >> > > >> Two problems with that: > >> > >> > qfe is REALLY old > >> > qfe is for Sparc, .. might not work on Intel (like the Dell) > >> > >> Might be worth trying, but don't count on it working. > >> > > > >I think Robert Franklin was talking about quad hme(4) based PCI cards. > >Those cards are Fast-Ethernet only and so a quad em(4) will outperform > >them easily. Even some of the rare quad fxp(4) may be better but I would > >prefer them over the quad sis(4) ones sold by soekris. > > What's the problem with the Soekris quad cards? You have me worried, > as I just bought two of them. (I haven't employed them yet.) >
Sis(4) is plaing in the same league as rl(4). It works fine and I never had porblems with it but I would never use it in a router with high performance needs. -- :wq Claudio
