Thanks for the info Peter. Here are my choices so far:
Intel: Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter $337 Osicom: FE-2404-TX - 10/100BTX PCI FAST ENET NIC $329 Adaptec: ANA-64044LV 4-Port, 64-bit/66 MHz PCI NIC $409 Obsolete but available in obscure locations: D-Link: DFE-570TX 4 port 21143 card (avail only on eBay) $80 Phobos: P430 4-port 10/100 NIC (kernelsoftware.com) $248 I'm thinking the Intel NIC would be best, but after looking at it on intel.com I'm not sure it'll fit in a PCI slot. It looks like a PCI/X card. My next choice would be the Osicom card for price/performance, but I've never heard of them before. They say it's based on the Intel 82559 and list "Linux" as a supported OS so it should work. Adaptec has had the quad NIC for quite a while, but I'm not sure if it uses the tulip drivers that you warned against. Adaptec doesn't say what chip set is used. The two "obsolete" cards I found while searching. I hesitate to get these because (1) I'm not sure if they're supported, and (2) they may not be available when we need replacements. Our firewall hardware platform uses a passive backplane chassis with Cyber Research PIII-based single board computers. I can't find the SBC documentation so I'm not sure if it'll handle 64-bit PCI transfers. Even so, it shouldn't be worse than 4 single port NICs. Which would you favor? Thanks! --Cal Webster On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 14:08, Peter Mueller wrote: > > I'd appreciate a recommendation from the list on which 4-port > > NICs work best with the Bering uClibc distro? > > > > Any known problems using them with single-port NICs on the > > same machine? > > The situation is the same as with a normal distro. uClibc uses modules; > therefore, you can insert commands just like with a regular distro. Stay > away from Tulip based 4-port cards. I have used Intel cards to good effect, > especially with newer machines. Older servers sometimes have IRQ issues. > > On 4 servers here we are using 2 dual 64bit 66mhz+ Intel gigabit adapters to > good effect. It is important to get 64bit 66mhz+ cards if you want to push a > lot of bandwidth. > > Regards, > > P > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
