Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-31 Thread poptix
> Because the D-Link cards were less than half of the nearest > competitor [ < $180 vs > $360 for others and Compac was > $2400! ] I I have to comment on this one, the Compaq cards (NC3131 and NC3134) are ~$210 and come with two ports, upgradable with another 2 port module (daughterboard) y

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread Fabbione
First of all I would like to say thanks to everyone. I didn't expect so many answer in so few time ( I got most of them directly in my mailbox) Anyway I've ordered right now the D-Link DFE-570 that seems the one with the best price/quality ratio so I can test it on the "battle field". Best Regar

RE: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread George Bonser
> I've been working with these boards for a couple months and thought they > were great. However, now it turns out that they won't fit into our > systems too well (a little too long). Does anyone have knowledge of > another brand that has a (slightly) smaller form factor? I did some > checking

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread Martin Josefsson
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Michael H. Warfield wrote: [snip] > Just got three of these suckers and I'm about to order a bunch > more (happy camper)... yes the Dlink DFE570-TX is a very nice card indeed. [snip] > Because the D-Link cards were less than half of the nearest > competitor [ <

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread Jeff Golds
"Michael H. Warfield" wrote: > > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 06:34:16PM -0300, Harald Welte wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Fabbione wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > sorry for the offtopic msg. > > > > > > Can someone point me to a 4 ports fast/eth card solution for linux? > > > D

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 06:34:16PM -0300, Harald Welte wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Fabbione wrote: > > Hi all, > > sorry for the offtopic msg. > > > > Can someone point me to a 4 ports fast/eth card solution for linux? > D-Link DFE-570 has a reasonable pricing and is w

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-30 Thread Harald Welte
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Fabbione wrote: > Hi all, > sorry for the offtopic msg. > > Can someone point me to a 4 ports fast/eth card solution for linux? D-Link DFE-570 has a reasonable pricing and is well supported by the tulip driver > I found some cards based on the DE

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-29 Thread Fabbione
Hi Dan, yes it's more or less like this. I got many mail explaining me. I will forward the most interesting to you. Thanks Fabio Dan Hollis wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Fabbione wrote: > > I found some cards based on the DEC 21*4* chips but when > > I asked for more details I got a s

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-29 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Fabbione wrote: > I found some cards based on the DEC 21*4* chips but when > I asked for more details I got a strange answer from the reseller > like that this card is able to work only half-duplex and the chip has > only one mac-address for the 4 eth cards (really strange).

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] 4 ports ETH cards

2001-05-29 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 05.29 Fabbione wrote: > Hi all, > sorry for the offtopic msg. > > Can someone point me to a 4 ports fast/eth card solution for linux? > > I found some cards based on the DEC 21*4* chips but when > I asked for more details I got a strange answer from the reseller > like that this card i