[Discuss] multi-port NICs

[R. McFarlane]

Hello all,

         Has anyone here on the list had any success using a 
multi-port PCI NIC? I see on the internet somewhere last week, that 
there was (or is) a 4 port PCI NIC. Currently I have 4 NICs in my 
firewall and I think it equates to 3 different chipsets. I have heard 
of some linux drivers that have a hard time knowing which port is 
what on the card (eg : eth0 may be port 1 today but upon reboot it is 
port 3), so I was wondering if anyone here has used or is using such 
a card and what success or failures they have had.


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