100Mb Ethernet for Indigo2
This is slightly off-topic, so I apologize in advance. As we are porting LINUX to the Indigo2 to build a Beowulf cluster - we would like to use 100Mb ethernet cards instead of the standard 10Mb. In contacting SGI about this, we were pointed to Qualix - a company which manufactures these cards. But the price for this is rather steep - between $700 - $800 per card! Does anyone on this list know where there might be a cheaper source for these cards? I can live with 10Mb if I have to, but it sure would be nice to have that 100Mb communication!
Again, my apologies if this is too off-topic for this group. --
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Mark A. Zottola Alabama Research and Education
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This is slightly off-topic, so I apologize in advance. As we are porting LINUX to the Indigo2 to build a Beowulf cluster - we would like to use 100Mb ethernet cards instead of the standard 10Mb. In contacting SGI about this, we were pointed to Qualix - a company which manufactures these cards. But the price for this is rather steep - between $700 - $800 per card! Does anyone on this list know where there might be a cheaper source for these cards? I can live with 10Mb if I have to, but it sure would be nice to have that 100Mb communication!
A search for 100 ethernet eisa' in cnet gave several cards, 3 of them around $200. Also, Qualix also lists one for HP' at $495.
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