Date: Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:06:00 PST From: Adam Turoff <AdamT@smginc.com> To: hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, Robert Glover <rob@f-body.org> Subject: RE: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? Message-ID: <34F37C2A@smginc.com>
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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
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