[geeks] Four-port PCI Ethernet?

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Tue Jul 6 14:01:12 CDT 2010


On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 02:58:00PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> >> - What other options exist to get four 10/100 ports in a single 32-bit
> >> PCI slot in an x86 box?
> > 
> > Search ebay.  There is a DEC card out there that should work pretty much
> > everywhere.  There is a Znyx card that I don't know anything
> > about. There is an Adaptec card that has FreeBSD and OpenBSD drivers 
> > listed.  
> 
> I've done the obvious web searches, and haven't thus far managed to find
> anything except Sun QFEs, which is why I asked for pointers on that score.

All cards I mentioned are currently on ebay.  I used a search term like
quad ethernet or quad ethernet pci.  Most items returned are sun qfes,
but not all.

If you have a QFE, I would try it before buying or reinstalling anything.



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