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
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