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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:46:14 +0300
From:      Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To:        Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
Cc:        Paul Schenkeveld <fb-net@psconsult.nl>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Token Ring - Ethernet bridge
Message-ID:  <3D85FCC6.D53030DD@he.iki.fi>
References:  <20020916113114.A36237@psconsult.nl> <20020916153950.GL28076@spc.org>

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Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 11:31:14AM +0200, Paul Schenkeveld wrote:
> >   Is there any chance I can use FreeBSD as a bridge between
> >   token-ring and ethernet or will I be wasting my time trying
> >   to get the thing to work.
> 
> The short answer is no, as oltr doesn't use the ether subsystem, and
> ng_bridge uses hooks inside net/if_ethrsubr.c to do its thing. Also,
> all the bridge support is in there, anyway.
> 
Not *BSD related but since none of the OS's do this, best solution for
a transition is probably to buy a secondhand Cisco or other gear like
that for bridging purposes. 

Pete

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