[20823] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux router (don't laugh) WAS:Re: test
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David G Andersen)
Wed Oct 28 12:35:28 1998
From: David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu>
To: phil@whistler.intur.net (Phil Howard)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:08:16 -0700 (MST)
Cc: neil@DOMINO.ORG, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199810281451.IAA02500@whistler.intur.net> from "Phil Howard" at Oct 28, 98 08:51:40 am
Lo and behold, Phil Howard once said:
>
> Anyone know where to get some multi-port (not hub/switch, but true distinct
> ports) NIC cards that are in the price range of N times the cost of a normal
> NIC card, compatible with Linux? I have a project that needs 12 to 20 ports.
> I've stuffed 4 NIC cards into a Linux box and it handles that OK. But I'd
> like to get more in there at proportional cost (I can hack the kernel if it
> needs any table size increases ... viva la source).
>
> For one thing I'd like to isolate all our colocation boxes into their own
> individual subnets.
Try Phobos - http://www.phobos.com/
They make a quad 10/100 ethernet port; it's about $50 less than the other
quad NICs around, and performs quite well. I'm not sure what their Linux
support is.
-Dave
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