Holger Bauer wrote:
Sorry, the link is in german but you should get the facts:
http://www.level-one.de/products3.php?sklop=14&id=520056
it's a NIC with integrated 5 port switch. If you use a soekris 4801 you could
add such a card to the PCI slot. I use a similiar card with one of my routers (
http://routerdesign.com/routers/36/pic02.jpg ,
http://routerdesign.com/routers/36/pic04.jpg ).
Holger
OK, my error.
here is something similar (if not identical, I can't tell if it has the
Kendin chip on it or not): http://www.outletpc.com/c3442.html
But you could still potentially bridge the 5 (or 6) individual
interfaces in pfSense, and get something fairly 'switch like', too. No?
Also, using the card you describe, the forwarding rate is going to be
limited when the packets have to pass through over the PCI bus.
This is more interesting (especially in light of the recent discussions):
http://www.dssnetworks.com/v3/gigabit_pcie_6468.asp
