Re: multiport ethernet cards
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 10:10:03AM +0000, Chris Evans wrote:
> > In relation to debugging my DNS lookup woes (see other posts!) I'm
> > going to buy a spare PCI ethernet card. Since my firewall machine is
> > tiny and quiet, it only has one PCI slot so I'd like to get a
> > multiport, ideally four port, card. Some time back people recommended
> > the Intel Pro multiport cards but they were out of my price range
> > except on Ebay (where I can now only see one two port card). I also
> > had a recommendation for Soekris who have 2 and 4 port cards at prices
> > I can pay and say they have linux support (see end of post for spec).
> >
> > Does anyone have experience of these cards with Woody or have another
> > recommendation?
we use the wrap boards ... has 3 wired lan ports and can have up to 4
antenna connections
3 nic wrap boards is $150 range ( same or cheaper than soekris )
depending on your requirements
- for distro you can use any distro .. customized for your
needs ( CF or laptop disk or ?? ) with firewall or not
openBSD based monowall works on both soekris and wrap
as does leaf
you can get wrap from:
http://pc-engines.ch
http://mini-box.com -- see the index on left and pics
http://wrap-box.net -- wrap chassis drawings
( for open source but non-commercial use )
> a UG in my area ( 'nycwireless.net') hack and deploy soekris boards for
> wireless access points. One of the members maintains a distributions
> based on debian called 'pebble' linux. check out the list and google for
> 'pebble linux'.
c ya
alvin
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