Re: Quad network cards for Intel/PC OpenBSD 3.0

["arlen fletcher" <arlen.fletcher@att.net>]

I'm using two of the '570's in a firewall ( an Intel box) and it's working
very well.  Just disable the de driver so it will use the dc driver instead.

-Arlen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <Magnus.Sandberg@bluelabs.se>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Cc: <Magnus.Sandberg@bluelabs.se>; <mem@algonet.se>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:19 AM
Subject: Quad network cards for Intel/PC OpenBSD 3.0


> Hi,
>
> I'm not yet on the list but hope that I can post to the list without be
> considered sending spam???
>
>
> I'm new to (Open)BSD but have looked into OpenBSD a year ago or so but
never
> started using it... I'm quite experienced with Linux and Solaris.
>
> My plan is to set up a OpenBSD firewall, with NAT, for my home network
which
> will connect to the Internet via ADSL. I plan to have four network
> interfaces on this machine. My question is - what four port network cards
> does OpenBSD 3.0 support? In the maillist archive I saw a post from
October
> 1999 about some support for D-Link DFE-570. What is the status today?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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>  ----- Post from October 1999 ----
>
> Peter Galbavy (Peter.Galbavy@knowledge.com)
> Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:20:51 +0100
>
>
> To add to the OpenBSD supported hardware list:
>
> This is the dmesg output for the DLink DFE-570TX quad port Ethernet
> card.
>
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "DEC DECchip 21152 PCI-PCI" rev 0x03
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> de0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "DEC DECchip 21142/3" rev 0x41: irq 10
> de0: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 address 00:80:c8:4e:d6:88
> de1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0 "DEC DECchip 21142/3" rev 0x41: irq 9
> de1: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 address 00:80:c8:4e:d6:89
> de2 at pci2 dev 6 function 0 "DEC DECchip 21142/3" rev 0x41: irq 9
> de2: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 address 00:80:c8:4e:d6:8a
> de3 at pci2 dev 7 function 0 "DEC DECchip 21142/3" rev 0x41: irq 11
> de3: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 address 00:80:c8:4e:d6:8b
> ...
> de0: enabling 10baseT port
> de1: autosense failed: cable problem?
> de2: autosense failed: cable problem?
> de3: autosense failed: cable problem?
>
> So far only tested on 10BaseT (out of the office until tomorrow) but
> at least one port works fine at 10Mb/sec.
>
> The main advantage of this card is that it is *cheap*. In the UK the
> dealer price is 139 pounds (about US$220 ?) from www.dabs.co.uk. This
> is about one third (yes 33%) of the price of the Adaptec (Cogent) part
> of the same function.
>
> We will do further testing later this week.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Peter Galbavy
> Knowledge Matters Ltd
> http://www.knowledge.com/