4 port network cards

Anthony de Boer adb-tlug-AbAJl/g/NLXk1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org
Tue Oct 21 22:07:53 UTC 2003


Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> Why not go with an Intel Pro/1000 and a GigE switch?

http://puck.nether.net/~jared/gigflapping.mp3

Seriously, I'm not certain if GigE is actually less reliable than 100BT,
if some vendors had early teething problems with it, or if it's just that
it tends to get used for Very Important Links that get more noticed when
they fail.

However, for the quad-NIC issue itself, that may mean Fraser needs a lot
of interfaces, and the way to go nowadays would be with a switch that
does 802.1q VLAN trunking, plus a trunked port into one's Linux box (and
into its redundant spare).  One can have all that at 100M, and that opens
the way to having a thousand or more interfaces if that's what you want
and can afford.

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