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Article #2492Re: sbus card for 10/100BaseT ethernet in a sparcstation 10?
From: Sunny
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:46
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:46
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DoN. Nichols wrote: > According to Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au>: > >>Dave <INVALID-see-signature-for-how-to-determine@southminster-branch-line.org.uk> writes: >> >> >>>Paul S. Brown wrote: >>> >>>>Arthur Wouk wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>is there such a card? >>>> >>>> >>>>The X1056A (SunFastEthernet 1.0) seems to support the SS10 directly, however >>>>I can say from experience that you can more or less stuff any SBus card you >>>>have drivers for into the system including the QFEs >> >>>The qfe is not supported in Solaris 9 and I'm not sure when support was >>>dropped. I have one here, but it is next to useless. >> >>The Sbus QFE's are supported in NetBSD - perfect for use as a firewall >>machine. > > > And -- also OpenBSD supports the QFEs. I've got one in an > Ultra-1/140 which works very nicely for that very purpose. > > Enjoy, > DoN. Anyone know of an OS that doesn't support QFEs? (aside from M$) They are the most versatile quad 100BT cards available - PCI versions fit in any slot regardless of form factor, and they don't have MAC addresses unless you assign them. Perfect for firewalls. Sunny
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