From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: cheap 4-port tulip-based cards available Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:32:10 -0700 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3DB1CF5A.9080701@candelatech.com> References: <3DB1C96B.4070505@candelatech.com> <20021019141417.A11659@synapse.neuralscape.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Karen Shaeffer Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Karen Shaeffer wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 02:06:51PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > >>>http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_comp_inet4.html >>> >>>The site says almost nothing about the cards, but on a tip from a >>>coworker I bought one the last time this site had them for sale, and >>>have been extremely happy with it. lspci shows: >> >>I just got mine, and ordered a bunch more... >> >>These are the Phobos p430 NICs. I have extensively benchmarked 2 >>of those NICs that I got as eval copies, and they perform as good >>as or better than the 570tx, using the standard tulip driver. > > > I'm just curious. What do you do with a bunch of those cards? Do you put > them in a PC and make a switch out of it? I make traffic generators out of them (www.candelatech.com) They are also good for firewalls and routers, as well as more exotic network devices. Using linux for a switch does not make so much sense these days when you can buy a 16 port switch for under $100, but with bridging code it can be done. Ben > > cheers, > Karen -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear