On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Phil wrote:
We have a dev network with 16 subnets. How we want to consolidate and we are thinking of using the follwing nic's
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000mt_quad_server_adapter.htm
Now it supports kernel 2.6x.
Have anyone used this type of card? I wanted to know if there have been some experience with this type of setup in this group.
Phil
I have tried to use five 4-port network cards in the same computer. It didn't work, But I was able to get 4 of the cards working by careful selection of irqs in the bois for each pci slot.
Then we decided to abandon the cards and use a 'port-based vlan' http://www.zyxel.com/support/supportnote/ies1000/app/portbase.htm
so we can get 48 ports on the same computer. Use this instead:
http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FS750T.php
for $410
http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/NETGEAR_FS750T/FS750TNA/D61946/froogle/
much better price point, but less bandwidth
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