Am 2005-06-04 15:27:04, schrieb Miquel van Smoorenburg: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Simon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am after some general advice or info on people's experiences with quad > >port ethernet cards. Any assistance would be much appreciated. > > > >For this, I am specifically looking to use *quad* port ethernet cards, > >due to the number of ports and physical size of the hardware required for my > >configuration. I will probably need two per box (+ onboard port = 9 ports > >total). > > I don't think GigE quad port ethernet cards exist, so you're
Ehm, Intel Pro 1000MT Quad-Port Server ? > talking about 9 100 mbit ports, right ? Why not use a single > GigE port ? If you need multiple interfaces, use VLANs. Because some people do not want to install the hell ? Or for security reason ? If the GBit NIC is broken, all attached subnest are down. > Mike. Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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