Ethernet Quad-Port under Linux

[Emmanuel Tychon [E]]

[New things to add to Ethernet-HOWTO]

Hello,

I just searched for an Ethernet Card, quad port 100Mbps, and cannot find it
into the Ethernet-HOWTO. This kind of cards a really interesting, if you need a
high port density. With 4 PCI slots, you can plug 16 100Mb Ethernet port!

I found a cards manufactured by OsiCOM (http://www.osicom.com) and recognized
by Linux very well. In fact, the simple Inter EtherExpressPRO 10/100 drivers
see this card like 4 cards, without additional requirements.

This cards have the OsiCOM reference number 124040-01 [OLN-2404-TX], and cost
around $900. 

Here is a sample of the boot message, I have already eth0 and eth1 on two other
cards, plus the OsiCOM:

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eth2: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xdce0, 00:E0:B6:00:20:18, IRQ 9.
  Board assembly 320130-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth3: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xdcc0, 00:E0:B6:00:20:19, IRQ 11.
  Board assembly 320130-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth4: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xdca0, 00:E0:B6:00:20:1A, IRQ 10.
  Board assembly 320130-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth5: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xdc80, 00:E0:B6:00:20:1B, IRQ 11.
  Board assembly 320130-000, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
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Thanks,
Emmanuel


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