Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:05:44 -0600 (CST) From: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com> To: julianje@mercury.interpath.com (Jere Julian - Personal Account) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Token Ring Support Message-ID: <199702142305.RAA05923@d2si.com> In-Reply-To: <199702141953.OAA16987@mercury.interpath.com> from Jere Julian - Personal Account at "Feb 14, 97 02:53:14 pm"
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> I am running FreeBSD 2.2-960501-SNAP ona 486/50, 16MB RAM
> Various disks, 4X-CD, 28.8 internal modem, and a SMC
> ultra Ethernet card.
>
> I'd like to use a SMC Token Elite card to run TCP/IP to/from
> an AS/400. AS/400 ethernet cards run about $3400 last we
OUCH! ^^^^^
> checked. I'm not even sure that one can run IP over Token Ring
> but more importantly, are there SMC Token Elite
> drivers for FreeBSD or is anyone working on them.
>
> Thank you,
> -JJ
You most certainly can run IP over token-ring and (last time I
checked) no, there are not FreeBSD drivers for any token-ring
cards. If you are not too concerned about performance between
the two machines, I'd go find a 486, a ethernet card, and a
token-ring card, as install Windows NT or OS/2 and use it as a
cheepo router between your FreeBSD box and your AS/400. It'll
cost a lot less than a $3400 network card. I can't vouce for
Windows NT (only used it to route for an hour) but I use a OS/2
machine to route between several networks.
PS. If you find a token ring driver for FreeBSD (any type
token-ring card) or Linux, let me know, I could use them.
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