From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 15:05:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA08576 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:05:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from d2si.com (macbeth.d2si.com [206.8.31.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA08552 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:05:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from alec@localhost) by d2si.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) id RAA05923; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:05:44 -0600 (CST) From: Alec Kloss Message-Id: <199702142305.RAA05923@d2si.com> Subject: Re: Token Ring Support To: julianje@mercury.interpath.com (Jere Julian - Personal Account) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:05:44 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199702141953.OAA16987@mercury.interpath.com> from Jere Julian - Personal Account at "Feb 14, 97 02:53:14 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jere Julian - Personal Account is responsible for: [lines rewrapped] > 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.