From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 17:05:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21410 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:05:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21405 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA14734; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:04:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:04:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: rick hamell cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, rick hamell wrote: > > Does FreeBSD support token-ring networks ? If not, are the plans for > > future release ? > > I must be under the mistaken impression that 15-20 year old > out-dated technology must still be viable and cost effective! Is this > true, or are most these people just not upgrading their old networks? FYI, Ethernet celebrated it's 25th birthday last May, so be careful about what you're calling 'outdated'. :-) TR is still used in many offices (particularly IBM camps). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message