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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 1996 01:01:48 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        Nathan Denny <SCHCATS@siu.edu>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Token Ring
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960730010014.14392A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <31FD213E.911@siu.edu>

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On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Nathan Denny wrote:

> I noticed that all the network drivers are for ethernet cards.  Is this because
> Ethernet is more popular, or because their is some Unix limitation on network
> protocols?  ie. Is it possible to have a token ring card in a FreeBSD machine?
> 

Ethernet is not only more popular, there are also no FreeBSD 
drivers for token-ring cards. As soon as someone writes a driver, you can 
not only have a token-ring card in you computer but also use it for 
networking.

	Sander

> 							Nate:SCHCATS!
> 



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