Re: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-25 Thread Calvin Webster
Not GBE, but very good price. On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 03:17, AJ C wrote: If you're still looking for a 4-port card, you could try the Soekris Engineering lan 1641: http://www.soekris.com/lan16x1.htm You can get this direct from Soekris for $89 USD... ajc --- Calvin Webster [EMAIL

Re: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-24 Thread AJ C
If you're still looking for a 4-port card, you could try the Soekris Engineering lan 1641: http://www.soekris.com/lan16x1.htm You can get this direct from Soekris for $89 USD... ajc --- Calvin Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 14:00, Alvin Starr wrote: A solution for

RE: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-20 Thread Calvin Webster
I went with the Intel Pro/100 MT Quad Port Server Adapter, but got a rude surprise after it arrived! Contrary to all the sales literature, the card will _NOT_ fit in the standard 32-bit PCI slot, at least not those available in any local PC hardware, including the passive-backplane industrial

Re: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-20 Thread Alvin Starr
Calvin Webster wrote: I went with the Intel Pro/100 MT Quad Port Server Adapter, but got a rude surprise after it arrived! Contrary to all the sales literature, the card will _NOT_ fit in the standard 32-bit PCI slot, at least not those available in any local PC hardware, including the

Re: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-20 Thread Calvin Webster
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 14:00, Alvin Starr wrote: A solution for lots of ports is to use 802.1q vlans. You do need a switch capable of vlan managment but you can then have as many ethernet ports as you want. I may only need one or two more so that may be a viable option for LANs with

RE: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-07 Thread Peter Mueller
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

RE: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-07 Thread Calvin Webster
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

RE: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-07 Thread Peter Mueller
Intel: Intel(r) PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter $337 Osicom: FE-2404-TX - 10/100BTX PCI FAST ENET NIC $329 D-Link: DFE-570TX 4 port 21143 card (avail only on eBay) $80 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.

RE: [leaf-user] Best 4-port NICs?

2005-04-07 Thread Calvin Webster
Nothing over 100 Mb this year. Numbers below are maximum bandwidth. The 2 Mb links are cable Internet, and the 1 Mb are old DSL links used as fail-over inter-building links. Legend: * Expect link saturation during peak times + light to moderate traffic load - light