On Dec 19 2006 16:58, Mark Hounschell wrote:

Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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Can anyone recommend a quad port nic card that will work on SuSE-10.0.

"SUN QFE". Rare stuff. Worked inside a SPARC. The module is generic, so it should work anywhere where you can put the card in. PCI-X, hence, should also work everywhere.

(I just don't get it why manufacturers don't slap more than two ports on NICs...)

Thanks, ya I don't know why not either. Ok that would be the SUN HAPPYMEAL kernel config option for the driver. $100.00. Thanks

Hah go to Sun Spare Parts Store and get one for $1299 something (yes, no dots!) *bigeyes* -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Dec 28 2006 19:38, Hans Witvliet wrote:

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 23:02 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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On Dec 19 2006 16:58, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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Can anyone recommend a quad port nic card that will work on SuSE-10.0.

"SUN QFE". Rare stuff. Worked inside a SPARC. The module is generic, so it should work anywhere where you can put the card in. PCI-X, hence, should also work everywhere.

(I just don't get it why manufacturers don't slap more than two ports on NICs...)

Thanks, ya I don't know why not either. Ok that would be the SUN HAPPYMEAL kernel config option for the driver. $100.00. Thanks

Hah go to Sun Spare Parts Store and get one for $1299 something (yes, no dots!) *bigeyes*

Well, you could search ebay for it.

Or try asking in #aurora, I think there was someone having a stack of those qfe.

I got mine quad ethernet-board (with four dec21140 chips) on it.

Only draw back is that there is a division among pci-boards 32 versus 64 bit, 3.3 volt versus 5.0 volt, etc etc etc

32 bit PCI should be bidirectionally compatible with 64 bit PCI. Just that you don't get the same amount of PCI bandwidth. And given that a cheap realtek card also works in the SUN E250 (3.3, 5.0? No idea!) makes it look promising that the QFE will work anywhere too. One thing that might become problematic is the bus speeds, I don't know about these. -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

From: Rafa Grimán El Martes, 19 de Diciembre de 2006 21:17, Jan Engelhardt escribió:

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Can anyone recommend a quad port nic card that will work on SuSE-10.0.

"SUN QFE". Rare stuff. Worked inside a SPARC. The module is generic, so it should work anywhere where you can put the card in. PCI-X, hence, should also work everywhere.

(I just don't get it why manufacturers don't slap more than two ports on NICs...)

PCI bandwidth problems, latencies, bottlenecks, ... PCI technology hasn't advanced that much :(

For its time, you could regard something like QFE as perfect. And even now, it serves as a good routing card. It is very useful where the number of PCI slots is limited. -`J' --

John Andersen wrote:

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 10:05, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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Can anyone recommend a quad port nic card that will work on SuSE-10.0.

Thanks Mark

It depends on what you want it to do. Do you want suse to see eth0 eth2 eht3 eth4, or are you just looking for a hub/switch?

Yep thats what I need. eth1-4. I upgraded a box from 9.0 to 10.0 that had an adaptec quad port card. (never new adaptec made nics) It's just broken in the kernel I have to use so I gotta replace it. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

I ended up getting an Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Works great. Only problem is if I use it on 10.0, I have to download and install the drivers from Intel. Even when I'm using the latest kernels (2.6.18). No biggy. 10.1 and 10.2 it works flawlessly. I think it ended up costing $400.00. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org