Re: cheap 4-port tulip-based cards available

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karen Shaeffer writes:
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 05:27:59PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > 
> > > 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?
> > 
> > Or a firewall...  Or a router...
> 
> OK, I actually have 4 nics in a PC based router/firewall. But I
> wouldn't get excited about buying a bunch of those cards. I'm just
> having a little fun-- humor me. ;)

I used to have a desktop PC with 3 NICs running as a firewall. With a
4-port NIC and a Via/Cyrix C3 (low profile fan), I can fit a firewall
into a 1U rackmount case. So, while it's a lot more troublesome
getting a stable router with these 4-port cards :-(, it's worth it in
the end if you've got space constraints.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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