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From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com>
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Subject: Re: Token Ring
To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi)
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 18:44:40 -0500 (CDT)
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Narvi wrote:
> 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.
> 
Ethernet is NOT Token-Ring.  

A bigger problem is the lack up the bottom end protocols instead of just the
lack of a card driver.

Do a search of the Archives and you should find atleast a couple of articles
by Terry Lambert on what is needed to get TR working.

> 	Sander
> 
>> 							Nate:SCHCATS!
> 

Gary

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