Subject: RE: Multiport Ethernet NICs
To: Andrew Sporner <andy.sporner@networkengines.com>
From: Andrew Sporner <andy.sporner@networkengines.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/05/2000 09:15:47
Hi again,

Sorry, I made a mistake.  The card in question was a 3c59x
card. (10/100).


Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sporner [mailto:andy.sporner@networkengines.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:12 AM
> To: 'John Hayward'; Jason R Thorpe
> Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
> Subject: RE: Multiport Ethernet NICs
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can only add that I have the dual version of that card
> and I have had no problems with it on both 1.4.1 and 1.4.2.
> I have had similar problems on a 3com 3c5x9 card however.
> 
> Andy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Hayward [mailto:John.C.Hayward@wheaton.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:26 AM
> > To: Jason R Thorpe
> > Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Multiport Ethernet NICs
> > 
> > 
> > We have experienced some problems with a fxp card (dmesg: ... Intel
> > EtherExpress Pro 10+/100B Ethernet ...) which I believe is 
> > single port.
> > The problem is in the area of 100 autoselect/full duplex.
> > 
> > Under 1.3.3 autoselect seems to work - the 100 light is on 
> > (not sure if
> > we are running full or half duplex).
> > Under 1.4.1 autoselect seems to work at 10baseT but not at 100.
> > Under 1.5 autoselect does not seem to work, setting at 100 
> we can get
> >   get half duplex to work but not full duplex.
> > 
> > Anyone else experiencing similar problems?
> > johnh...
> > 
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:38:01 -0700
> > > From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
> > > To: tech-kern@netbsd.org
> > > Subject: Re: Multiport Ethernet NICs
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 06:45:37AM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:
> > > 
> > >  > I'm looking for one or more Ethernet adapters for the 
> > i386, ISA or
> > >  > PCI, with multiple, isolated interfaces and ports.  I 
> have a few
> > >  > Genius combined NIC and hub (five ports, one 
> reversible) adapters
> > >  > and I'm saddened to hear that they've been discontinued. 
> >  But they
> > >  > aren't what I want.  I have a multi-homed host and I 
> would dearly
> > >  > like fewer than the four adapters I will need really 
> soon.  Even
> > >  > two ports per card would seem a great improvement.
> > > 
> > > I'm using Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 Dual Server Adapters at work,
> > > and they work fine.  They have a PCI-PCI bridge and 2 `fxp' 
> > interfaces
> > > on them.
> > > 
> > > cdw.com has them.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > >         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
> > > 
> > 
>