Sun Microsystems have a piece of hardware called a Quad Fast ethernet interface...basically its 4x100megabit ethernet nics in 1 pci card. I have no idea if it would work in a standard pc but i dont see why not because its just a pci device. I also dont know if there would be a driver for it for linux but i dont see why not. The other problem is that the card might be pricy. I havent seen them for sale seperately, i've only seen them in Sun Ultra 10's Try looking on e-bay for a cheap Quad Fast, then do some research to see how compatible it is in a standard pc, and look for a linux driver. Google should be a good place to find out how compatible the Quad Fast is with a standard pc and would also help you find a linux driver for it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: [SLUG] Using multi port ethernet pci card to create ''VLANS"
> Dear list, > > Does anyone know a multiport ethernet that does not act as a switch/hub. > > What I am trying to do to use the Linux box to phyically join a network > without purchasing a managed switch but keeping the various segments private. > > eg Router ->Linux box -> port1 192.168.0.x -> port 2 192.168.1.0 -> port 3 > 192.168.2.x etc > > regards, > > > -- > Richard Hayes > Talent Internet > http://www.talent.com.au > Tel: (02) 9439 8300 Fax: (02) 9439 8327 Mob: 0414 618 425 > ABN 94 002 775 215 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
