Subject: NIC advice
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Michael D. Spence <spence@panix.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/19/2006 07:53:03
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I need to add another NIC to my NetBSD 1.6-based firewall. I currently have
three:
- ex0, 3Com 3c905 running at 100Mb,
- tlp0, ADMtek AN985 also at 100Mb, and
- ep0, 3Com 3c509, which runs at 10 Mb.
I need to add another 100Mb NIC. This is an old, slow (166 Mhz) computer,
so
I'd want the NIC to do the heavy lifting (DMA transfers, etc.).
I'm guessing 3c905's are no longer available at the local Microcenter
Warehouse. What
should I look for along this line?
Michael D. Spence
Mockingbird Data Systems, Inc.
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D347274311-19102006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- ex0, =
3Com 3c905=20
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AN985 also at 100Mb, and </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D347274311-19102006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- ep0, =
3Com 3c509,=20
which runs at 10 Mb.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D347274311-19102006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I need =
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another 100Mb NIC. This is an old, slow (166 Mhz) computer,=20
so</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D347274311-19102006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'd =
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do the heavy lifting (DMA transfers, etc.). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D347274311-19102006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm =
guessing 3c905's=20
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael D. =
Spence</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mockingbird Data Systems,=20
Inc.</FONT></DIV>
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