On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Daniel Ryde wrote:
> I've tried searching to almost no avail for multiport ethernet cards that
> can run under Linux. I'm trying to build a multiport masqurading
> router/firewall to connect several company networks (20 or more) to the
> Internet, but with these networks totally separated from each other. And
> maby some of them to have real IP addreses to let traffic through from the
> outside.
>
> I've found a dual port Tulip based card that works here, but that limits
> the number of ports to 8 or so. I've seen 4 port cards (Adaptec I guess),
> that would hopefully give me 16 ports. I would really like an 8 port card,
> but that depends on the prize. I have to compare prize of ports and prize
> of machine to get the most valuable combination.
>
> Does the IRQ sharing work reliably for more than two ethernet ports on one
> IRQ (thats what we have on the machine here and it works).
>
> Limits? Caveats?
We are using the Znyx ZX346 which has 4 ports and is 10/100 autosensing.
It is based on the Tulip chipset and works really well for us. They go for
about $600 if you are a reseller. We have 2 cards in a machine thus far,
and although each port reports that it is using an IRQ, it is actually only
taking 1 per card as far as I can tell.
Tim
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