Multiport Intel Pro Gig-e cards work great with the "em" driver, I have only used dual port so far, and on FBSD 5.4, and a pfsense .84 (have no tried on 1.0 Beta4, but I dont see why it would not work)
Brad On Wednesday 21 June 2006 10:47, Fuchs, Martin wrote: > no problem ! > > I have in use Intel 2-port NICs, namely those: > http://intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro100dport_adapter.htm > > but it also should work with "more-port" NICs based on Intel Chipsets > (FXP-driver) > Adapters supported by the fxp(4) driver include: > > * Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 > * Intel InBusiness 10/100 > * Intel PRO/100B / EtherExpressPRO/100 B PCI Adapter > * Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter > * Intel PRO/100 VE Desktop Adapter > * Intel PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter > * Intel PRO/100 S Desktop, Server and Dual-Port Server Adapters > * Contec C-NET(PI)-100TX (PC-98) > * NEC PC-9821Ra20, Rv20, Xv13, Xv20 internal 100Base-TX (PC-98) > * NEC PC-9821X-B06 (PC-98) > * Many on-board network interfaces on Intel motherboards > read it on: http://www.pfsense.com/index.php?id=37 > there are also quad Port NICs from Intel but only with GBit... so I have > no idea how it's supported by FreeBSD... > Perhaps Scott knows how far the support for Intel GBit is built in > now... ? ;-) > Martin > ________________________________ > > Von: Steve Harman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2006 18:09 > An: support@pfsense.com > Betreff: RE: [pfSense Support] CARP NIC overhead? > > > > Sorry to bother the list again - Martin; are you able to post the model > number of the Intel multiport NICs you're using please? Just to improve > my chances of success. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Fuchs, Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:57 PM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: AW: [pfSense Support] CARP NIC overhead? > > > > Well, have a look at multiport NIC's. > > I've set up my system with 2-port Intel NICs and tried out 4-port NICs > too... > > > > They work well and pfSense supports up to 32 NICs... > > > > so there should be no problem for you to get it up and running ! :-) > > > > Martin > > > > ________________________________ > > Von: Steve Harman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2006 17:52 > An: support@pfsense.com > Betreff: [pfSense Support] CARP NIC overhead? > > Hi! > > > > I'm spec'ing up a couple of machines to buy for running pfSense in a > CARP-cluster model. From reading the tutorial, am I right in thinking > that this would require a NIC dedicated to the CARP functionality? > > > > We need to provide a number of subnets so combined with the CARP NIC I'm > trying to work out how many PCI slots (PC NICs) we need in each box! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
