Multiple interface NIC's?
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$98.31 for the dual model. They require that you spend ~$200 minimum with them.
So you have to buy two to make it worth the money. Now if I could just find a mini-itx system that had enough cpu and a pair of mini-pci slots, I'd be all set. :D
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Could someone recommend a "cheap" 4-port Ethernet PCI card compatible with pfSense?
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What is cheap for you? As already mentioned:
http://soekris.com/lan16x1.htm
would be a possibility.
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http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=38_43&products_id=75 should work too and you get 2 mini PCIs on top. Ideal to be used for boxes with only one PCI slot but be prepared that you might need a better PSU in case you use this with an embedded system. Contact Hacom for verification if needed. Hacom is one of our recommended vendors.
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I just bought some; I was hoping for cheaper, but those are good recommendations.
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Could someone recommend a "cheap" 4-port Ethernet PCI card compatible with pfSense?
I have a crap 4 port dlink that works fine with the dc driver. Cost me $50 on www.trademe.co.nz. The model is a DFE-570-TX
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From my personnal experience,
Intel Pro 1000 MT dual port -> ok
Intel Pro 1000 GT quad port -> ok
IBM dual port based on broadcom chips -> bad bad bad bad very badI'm about to try Dlink dual and quad port cards, they are cheaper ;-)
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Planning to go googling, but since the PCI bus has been brought up as a limiting factor, anyone seen any PCI Express (NOT PCI-X) 8x or 16x multiple interface cards? Should be able to get multi-gigabit that way, right?
Just five mins of googling turned this up, but I have no idea about compatibility:
http://www.alacritech.com/html/SEN2100_Accelerator.shtml
I will tell you that I think that company is a bit too rich for my blood. Take a look at CDW's pricing on single interface cards:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/Results.aspx?key=alacritech&platform=pc&x=13&y=13
:o
That garners a great big. WTF????
I know they want you to use that with iSCSI stuff, but still….if it's worth that kinda cash, use fiber. :P
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Speaking of cheap, this seller has listed about 10 of these on ebay. Have no idea if they would work with FreeBSD i386 or not. Also, looking at it, don't think the card would fit into my Hacom firewalls…64-bit PCI? Maybe? He says it's a "sun" branded one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-PCI-QUAD-FAST-ETHERNET-CARD_W0QQitemZ9743050552QQihZ008QQcategoryZ51195QQcmdZViewItem
Or heck, the search term that should be obvious that wasn't to me for some reason:
http://search.ebay.com/quad-ethernet_W0QQbsZSearchQQfposZ63021QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsofocusZbs
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Please be aware of the following bug. Been haunting me on the Hacom units for the last week:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/88610
When we're talking multi-interface systems, this becomes an issue. I was trying to build an 11 interface box (to handle all of the carp interfaces since you can't alias) and if it weren't for this bug I'd have no problems…
