From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 29 14:57:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA25759 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:57:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA25741 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA14426; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 01:01:48 +0300 Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 01:01:48 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi To: Nathan Denny cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring In-Reply-To: <31FD213E.911@siu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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! >