Darryl Miles wrote: > * Each port operating independently (so eth0 through eth3 on Linux with > net5501, then an additional 4 ethernet interfaces eth4 through eth7 if > the lan1641 is installed) ? > > * That the VLAN 801q kernel driver is fully supported on each ethernet > interface. This allows for VLAN tagging of packets so the installed OS > can act as a multihomed router from a single ethernet interface.
Yes and yes. > Also is the standard Linux kernel driver for these ethernet cards the > recommended driver to use ? i.e. it fully support plug-in-plag of the > PCI bus allowing for auto-discovery on bootup with the specific hardware > design of all soekris products ? I don't know what's recommended, but it works well for me. On net48xx you even get error LED control with the standard kernel these days. Mike _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
