Farallon EtherWave NuBus (barely on-topic)

From: Edwin P. Groot <epgroot_at_ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sat Nov 25 18:35:30 2000

     I remember reading that the other port is used to connect to another
computer with a network card. In that way, no network hub is needed. I
don't have the card or the manual to test that.

At 13:08 11/25/00 -0800, you wrote:
>a Farallon EtherWave NuBus card which works wonderfully. Total cost: "take
>it away it's consuming space"
>
>Anyway, I decided this would be a fine box for putting NetBSD/mac68k on (and
>I've got the NetBSD Foundation CDs on order). Then I noticed the card has
>*two* Ethernet ports on it, which makes me wonder if I can assign them to
>separate network interfaces. Anyone played with this card and know what the
>difference between the ports is? Can I assign them different network
>interfaces, either in NetBSD or in MacOS? I didn't see an option under the
>TCP/IP control panel (System 7.6).
Received on Sat Nov 25 2000 - 18:35:30 GMT