Re: [Hardware] dual-nic MB for firewall box.
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Michael Heironimus wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:10:52PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> > I'm looking for a motherboard replacement for a firewall machine on a
> > small lan. I'd like to go all on-board for simplicity and cost, so
> > on-board video, and dual nics (but I'm open to other suggestions).
> > Something the bf2.4-xfs net install CD will work with.
>
> I think most of the PC motherboards I've seen with dual NICs on-board
> have been expensive boards aimed at the high-end workstation and low-end
> server market.
I see that. For example, I was just looking at an Intel "Entry" S845WD1-E
board which sells for around $200 and wondering just what makes those
"server" borards more expensive. It has dual nics, and Promise RAID, but
still seems expensive.
BTW -- on seller I was on the phone with commented that they are seeing
less support for linux form Intel (for the intel boards) in the last six
months. Don't know if that means linux is lagging on support or if (as he
suggested) pressure from Microsoft.
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Bill Moseley moseley@hank.org
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