[ale] Multi-port NIC cards?

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:26:40PM -0400, SAngell at nan.net wrote:

> Try this link. The card is a D-Link and uses the standard tulip driver. I have
> used these with NT and they are reliable cards.

> http://www.dlink.com/products/adapters/dfe570tx/

	I have several in operation in Linux systems and can attest that
they work great.  They are also reasonably cheap.  They are under $200 up
at CDW and less than have the cost of their nearest competators.

> Steve Angell,  MCSE, CCNA
> MIS Operations Manager
> TSYS Total Debt Management
> Phone 770-409-5570
> Fax      770-416-1752
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> Heyla, everyone!
> 
> Problems, problems. We need to set up a 1u or 2u rack mount box to use as a
> firewall. Everything was okay until the client decided they needed 6, count 'em,
> SIX network cards in this little bitty box. AND they want them with changeable
> MAC addressses.
> 
> Okay, now I KNOW they are made, because we did a firewall in a box that had
> them, but that particular client shipped us the box, we didn't have to run down
> parts and stuff. Problem is, the people we need to talk to there (to find out
> what they have) are on vacation. Unfortunately, we didn't pay attention to the
> brand or model number. The cards we saw had 4 ports per card, with two others
> elsewhere.
> 
> I've been to Half Price PC, Ginstar, Vision, Feather, and one other dorky little
> computer store that I can't remember the name of. They all bitched that these
> cards don't exist, but I know they do, Bob and I both saw them!
> 
> Supposeably, Compaq makes them, but we'd prefer not to use proprietory hardware.
> Adaptek (Adaptech?) supposeably makes them, but I can't get any info. I'm not
> even sure how to spell the company name.
> 
> Time is running short...can ANYONE PLEASE help?
> 
> Here's the rest of the requirements, just FYI;
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> 1u or 2u rack mount case
> CDrom
> 3.5 floppy
> 64M memory
> 6 NIC cards with changeable MAC addresses (ACK!)
> processor (anything but Celeron, we hates it forever, precious) 300-350MHz
> Video card (agp or pci, whatever will fit best)
> Keyboard port
> Linux supported (Did I really need to say that?)
> Must be interchangeable with European power (why do they use 50Hz anyway? And
> what was that voltage?)
> 
> no mouse port, no sound card
> 
> Thanks ever so muchly!
> 
> -Sage
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