Multiport NICs - VLAN and Polling Support?

[Chuck Swiger]

Drew Linsalata wrote:
> Maybe I'm asking for too much here, but does anyone know of a 4 port NIC 
> that supports both VLAN tagging and polling?  Looks like only em and nge 
> handle both (in 4.11), so it stands to reason that I'm having a hard 
> time finding this beast.  Thought maybe someone had better luck than 
> I've had in this search.

Most of the 4-port NICs I've seen use the DEC Tulip 21x4x, which has polling 
support but not VLAN_MTU or VLAN_TAGGING.  I've seen one-quad port fxp using 
Intel chipset which had polling and VLAN_MTU, but not VLAN_TAGGING.

A quick look on CDW comes up with:

Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter ($500)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=475069
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000mt_quad_server_adapter

...which ought to do, or even:

Sun Quad FastEthernet network adapter - 4 ports ($1600)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=737129

...which is rather expensive.  :-)

There's also a Adaptec ANA-64044 LV KIT 4 port 66MHZ NIC ($480)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=437044

...but I don't know what chipset that is using.

-- 
-Chuck