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From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Subject: Re: Token Ring
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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.
> 
Token Ring? Whats that? :-)

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