The CR51 does use the RTL based NIC's. There is a dybalink 1Gb card (DGE 530T I think .. I can look it up if you want )which comes with a low profile adapter for about $70ish. I am using it with linux (RH9) in a CR51 so that means I have two nics running.
There is another option called the cubefor around $440 + GST which may have the extra slot available What are you going to use this for? A switch, firewall, router? If you are just switching wouldn't spending $400 on a 8 port 1Gb switch make more sense? You could then put a small box between it and the net for firewalling etc. Cheers, Shane > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Gregan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 7:00 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: small case PC + 3 NICs > > > 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 > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 27/11/2003 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 27/11/2003
