AW: 3 or 4 NICs in a sensor?

["Poppi, Sandro" <Sandro.Poppi () wacker com>]

Ben,

could you be a little more specific about the probs you've had with DLink
DFE 570TX? I'm using it in 2 boxes and don't see any probs yet.

Thanks,
Sandro
> Beware of the bargain priced 4-port cards, you may get what 
> you pay for.
> For normal operation, they usually work fine, but promisc can be
> troublesome.  Personally, I've had bad experiences with 
> running Snort on
> the D-Link DFE-570TX 4-port NICs.  They are awfully cheap ( < $200),
> however.
>
> On the other hand, I've had all good experiences with using 
> Intel PRO/100
> S 2-port NICs.  Not cheap, but rock solid.  If you have the funds, a
> couple of those cards would do nicely.  They have good Linux support
> through either Intel's e100 driver or Donald Becker's eepro driver.
> Others may disagree with me, but I'd recommend using the e100 
> driver w/
> this particular card.  I think kernel 2.4.19 is now including 
> a version of
> the Intel e100 driver.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Erek Adams wrote:
>
> > Short answer:  Yes, do it.
> >
> > Longer answer:  Works like a charm.  One other thing that 
> you might want to
> > consider is to use a quad port card.  One slot, but 4 
> ports.  I'm not sure on
> > pricing, but the Sun QFE used to be around $1200.  I'm sure 
> you can get one
> > cheaper than that.  I'm sure if you check websites you can 
> find a good deal on
> > them...
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > -----
> > Erek Adams
> > Nifty-Type-Guy
> > TheAdamsFamily.Net
>
>
>
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