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New setup but not sure about NIC card?

Hi All,

I am looking for some answers.

I am wanting to build a new computer/server as my firewall. It is going to be quite beefy, but what I am worried about is that the NIC I am looking at wont work?

I am thinking of getting a PCI-E NIC with 2 or 4 G-Bit ports on the one card. How will this show up on the UTM? As independent ports, as if they were seperate PCI cards?

How will that all work?

Thanks

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi, I have used a couple of the Intel quad NICs; they show up as independent NICs.

I wouldn't recommend anything other than Intel or Broadcom.

Please specify the exact model and/or chipsets of the NIC, and hopefully someone can say if it's supported by the UTM.

Another (often cheaper for home use) option is to use 2 VLAN capable NICs in the firewall and a VLAN switch.

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0 BarryG over 12 years ago

Hi, I have used a couple of the Intel quad NICs; they show up as independent NICs.

I wouldn't recommend anything other than Intel or Broadcom.

Please specify the exact model and/or chipsets of the NIC, and hopefully someone can say if it's supported by the UTM.

Another (often cheaper for home use) option is to use 2 VLAN capable NICs in the firewall and a VLAN switch.

Barry
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