Re: Multiport NICs - VLAN and Polling Support?

From: Chuck Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 10/13/05

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    Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:21:39 -0400
To: Drew Linsalata <drew@gothambus.com>

    Drew Linsalata wrote:
    > Maybe I'm asking for too much here, but does anyone know of a 4 port NIC
    > that supports both VLAN tagging and polling? Looks like only em and nge
    > handle both (in 4.11), so it stands to reason that I'm having a hard
    > time finding this beast. Thought maybe someone had better luck than
    > I've had in this search.

    Most of the 4-port NICs I've seen use the DEC Tulip 21x4x, which has polling
    support but not VLAN_MTU or VLAN_TAGGING. I've seen one-quad port fxp using
    Intel chipset which had polling and VLAN_MTU, but not VLAN_TAGGING.

    A quick look on CDW comes up with:

    Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter ($500)
    http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=475069
    http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000mt_quad_server_adapter

    ...which ought to do, or even:

    Sun Quad FastEthernet network adapter - 4 ports ($1600)
    http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=737129

    ...which is rather expensive. :-)

    There's also a Adaptec ANA-64044 LV KIT 4 port 66MHZ NIC ($480)
    http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=437044

    ...but I don't know what chipset that is using. 

    -- 
-Chuck
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