[Klug-general] 4 port network card

[Alan at COMM-TECH]

You can work with more than 1 subnet per card by assigning multiple
addresses to the same card:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 up netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig eth0:1 10.0.0.1 up netmask 255.255.255.0

This may help.. something. ;)


Alan
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Dan Attwood wrote:
> The thinking was If it was going in a firewall then it would need to 
> be in a small , quite box as the router is currently behind the sofa 
> in my living room.
> I might also be looking at one for work, in which case is would need 
> to go in a cheap rack mount chassis and so a bunch of pci cards is 
> pretty much out of the question in both cases - although I can get 
> away  with two cards in the home system.
>
>
>
> On 31/05/06, *Karl Lattimer* <karl at nncc.info <mailto:karl at nncc.info>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Does it have to be separate network cards? I know you can get a
>     single ethernet card with 4 ports on it for about a hundred quid.
>     If it has to be four separate cards then all you can do is as
>     previously stated, unless you have 4 free PCI slots and a bunch of
>     realteks ;)
>
>     I think I have 2 spare!
>
>     K,
>
>
>     On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 12:17 +0100, Dan Attwood wrote:
>>     Ekk!
>>     that's the same price as the pc I was thinking of putting it in.
>>     Maybe time for a rethink
>>
>>     On 31/05/06, *Alex A. Smith MCP* < alex at asmhosting.com
>>     <mailto:alex at asmhosting.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Not cheap but here you go:
>>
>>         Intel Pro/100 Dual Port - http://www.dabs.com/XZD
>>         Intel Pro/1000 Mt Quad Port - http://www.dabs.com/34Z6
>>
>>         There maybe others but these are the only one's I have seen
>>         around.
>>
>>         Hope that helps,
>>
>>         Alex
>>
>>         ---
>>         Regards,
>>
>>         Alex A. Smith MCP
>>         Wired Network Ltd. Managing Director
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>>         Dan Attwood wrote:
>>         > Does anyone konw where I can get a fourport or two port
>>         network card from.
>>         > I'm trying to put together a firewall and could do without a
>>         huge rack
>>         > of network cards.
>>         >
>>         > Dan
>>         >
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