On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:53:47PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> If I wanted to get a PC with a small case, preferably flat, which runs
> Linux and sports 3 100M ethernet ports (by whatever means), what would
> people recommend? I am aware of the Falcon CR51, but with only 1 PCI
> slot which doesn't take full-height cards I don't quite see how to
> make it work.
I was looking at something very similar recently. The CR51 has a single
100Mb NIC on-board (probably RTL8139{A,C} based). Ascent (and likely
other places) have low-profile dual-port Intel 1000Mb NICs, which should
fit into the CR51's case[0].
Your other option would be to buy one of Soekris' machines[1]. The
net4501 and net4801 both have three on-board NEC NICs, and they'll run
Linux without trouble (they are very close to a "normal" x86 machine).
[0] I haven't tried it, but those NICs are definitely low-profile, I've
put them in 1/2U systems with no problem.
[1] http://www.soekris.com
Cheers,
-mjg
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