Hi Brunner,
I need four network interfaces. This can be in one or multiple cards.
The problem is just what you've described : lack of info regarding the compatibility/stability of such card under CentOS.
And since some of those dual/quad cards cost more than the motherboard itself I can't afford to buy one just to find out that it does not work or need an exotic driver that I need to recompile myself every time a new kernel ships.
I'll have a look into those.
In this list I've read something about intel pro mt but it seems to be discontinued from intel's site... (
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Brunner, Brian T.
<BBrunner@gai-tronics.com> wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for
> motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works
> with CentOS.
You can get 4 etherports on one card...
For 17 examples:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010064%20
600013873&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20
How many of those work well with Linux (of whatever variety) I don't
know. One board claiming RedHat compatibility with a loadable kernel
module is
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-UG-I4.cfm
Another article that might give fast, cheap, albeit old answers is
http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/hardware/quartet.html
Why do you need 3 network interface cards? Would two NICs with 2
etherports each, or 1 4-port card meet your need?
> I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug
> and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's
> way I am asking this here.
Are you building a desktop/personal machine, or a server?
Are you picky about power/heat/noise factors of the Mobo?
Sorry about your 5 options being narrowed down to 30, but the question
asked was really imprecise.
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