Kevin Lahey said:
>In message <199704071644.KAA13648@fast.cs.utah.edu>Kevin Van Maren writes
>>> There was a discussion about these some time ago, and the consensus
>>> was that they `should just work' (which seems reasonable). Has anyone
>>> actually tried any of these cards?
>>
>>There are two problems with these cards, which the newer driver
>>should deal with just fine:
>>1. There is only one ethernet address for all the interfaces
>
>The quad-port ZX346 I use doesn't seem to have this problem:
>
>Name  Mtu   Network     Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
>de0   1500  link#1      0:c0:95:e0:4:24      58900     0      266     0     0
>de1*  1500  link#2      0:c0:95:e0:4:25          0     0        0     0     0
>de2*  1500  link#3      0:c0:95:e0:4:26          0     0        0     0     0
>de3*  1500  link#4      0:c0:95:e0:4:27          0     0        0     0     0

Yes, they do: the driver automatically assignes consecutive addresses to
each interface, but there is only one in ROM.

>Will the slightly cheaper Cogent quad-ethernet cards be supported
>any time soon?  Or are they already?  Does anyone have experiences
>(good or bad) with these?

I think Matt Thomas said they aren't supported because of some funny things
they do and won't give him the info he needs.

>Thanks,
>
>Kevin Lahey
>      ^^^^^  Not usually a distinction I have to make :-)
>

Kevin Van Maren