Subject: Re: second ethernet port
To: Jon Buller <jonb@paclink.com>
From: Simon Raahauge DeSantis <xiamin@ghostpriest.rakis.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/15/2000 08:39:56
On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 10:46:31PM -0800, Jon Buller wrote:
> AT&T/TCI finally decided to wire my neighborhood for broadband
> TCP/IP, so I am looking for a way to hook all my machines in without
> all my local traffic being blasted to everyone in the city.
>
> Does anyone know of a (reliable and cheap) source for a single SBUS
> 10baseT or AUI card for my SPARCStation LX? It could then become
> a firewall filter in addition to it's duties as X server. (The
> firewall would also include proxy/NAT service, but I suppose it
> could do that without the second interface...)
>
> Jon
I'm using a qec/be (501-2655 I believe) card for a similar purpose in my IPX.
I paid around $100 for it.
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-Simon Raahauge DeSantis