Hi---

   I need a half dozen 4-port ethernet cards, and am inclined to use
   Tulip-based ones.  I'm having a hard time finding any for sale
   anywhere, though....  I'd appreciate pointers to vendors, and
   recommendations as to particular models to prefer or avoid.  Also,
   I really only need 10baseT in this application, so a pointer to a
   vendor who might have some older ones cheap (or mail from someone
   with a few gathering dust in the back room) would be appreciated.

   ---Alex

   Carl Alexander
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Hello...

I have a D-Link DFE-570TX.  Here is a snip of a dmesg for the first two
ports:

tlp0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp0: interrupting at irq 5
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:f8:70:bc
nsphyter0 at tlp0 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
nsphyter0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
tlp0: supplying EUI64: 00:80:c8:ff:fe:f8:70:bc
tlp1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp1: interrupting at irq 11
tlp1: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:f8:70:bd
nsphyter1 at tlp1 phy 1: DP83843 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
nsphyter1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto


It worked ok with the de driver, but seems to behave a little bit better
with the tlp driver.  I would recommend it.  I think I found mine by using
www.shopper.com.



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