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Date: 16 Jan 1997 23:36:00 +0100
From: mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de (Michael Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
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Subject: Re: Running several networking cards in one system?
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  In article  <5bihnj$bn7@innocence.interface-business.de>
              j@ida.interface-business.de   (J Wunsch)
  wrote:

> mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de (Michael Schmidt) wrote:
> > It has been a very clear question. I have been asking for running
> > several networking cards in one system and I got a lot of feedback of
> > friendly people, it *is* a very clear question.
>
> Yep, and the answer to _this_ question is ``yes'', but this didn't
> help you in the end.

The only one who can tell whether it did help me that's me.
Please rest assured that most of the feedback has been very helpful.

> You can have a dozen of network cards in a BSD
> system (but not in a PC, since you'll run out of IRQ lines :).

Well, meanwhile I have heard of networking cards with several ports on each  
card.  Putting several of these cards in a system then you should have more  
than what I have been asking for...

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