> >several 2-port EEPRO based NICs out there that work really well
> >too, but they are expensive...
>
> Hm. If I really need more NICs than PCI slots, I normally use a
> Router. And I've even toyed a little with a Gigabit card linked to a
> Cisco C3524XL using a certain 802.1q unofficial extension to the Linux
> kernel to try and provide 24 100 MBit Ethernet Interfaces from a
> single Linux Box [2].
I wrote (one of) the VLAN patch, and I've brought up 4k
VLAN interfaces. Let me or the vlan@scry.wanfear.com mailing list
know if you have trouble with my VLAN patch... My vlan patch
can be found:
http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html
Enjoy,
Ben
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