From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 24 15:07:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29704 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:07:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from webserver.smginc.com (webserver.smginc.com [204.170.176.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29694 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:06:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from AdamT@smginc.com) Received: from smginc.com ([204.170.177.4]) by webserver.smginc.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-13723) with SMTP id AAA42; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:08:47 -0500 Received: by smginc.com with Microsoft Mail id <34F37C2A@smginc.com>; Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:04:26 PST From: Adam Turoff To: hackers , Robert Glover Subject: RE: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? Date: Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:06:00 PST Message-ID: <34F37C2A@smginc.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan writes: > > Has there been any progress on supporting Token Ring in FreeBSD yet? I'm > > No, and I doubt that there ever will be. Token ring is far too dead > for anyone to want to start such a project now, not that they showed > much inclination to do so even when token ring was less dead than it > is now, and if your MIS department really wants to wait a year to > switch to ethernet then I can only pity you. :) But...but...but... Token Ring is the most expensive, slowest networking protocol on the planet(*). Why wouldn't a slick, fast OS like FreeBSD support it? Realistically speaking, aren't there bridges that can translate Token Ring to Ethernet? If you're installing FreeBSD, it's stupid not to use Ethernet. The h/w is cheap and the OS support is solid. The other 99% of the computers on your LAN are the anomaly, not the ethernetted FreeBSD box. (*) SneakerNet is slower, but costs less. :-) -- Adam. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message