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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Which ethernet card for a two card setup?
Date: 14 Sep 1994 10:24:07 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <Cw2wtw.CF0@usenews.nrlssc.navy.mil>,
Jeff Becklehimer <beck@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>I am spec'ing out a system which I may run FreeBSD on with two ethernet
>interfaces. Does FreeBSD support this? Also, which is the best card for
>this? I have been considering the SMC Elite Plus but have some concerns
>with the shared memory scheme. I'd like to hear some success stories
>as well as failure so that I know what to avoid.

It sounds like your proposed scheme should work fine on all counts.
The Elite Plus is a fine card, and I use it (in single and multiple
units per machine) every day.

					Jordan