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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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