14 Jan
2007
14 Jan
'07
4:34 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
Also what is a good way to bridge Token Ring to Ethernet so that these 486 machines can
use my router/cable modem?
I purchased some 3Com 3c359's off ebay, and built up a linux box to
bridge them.
There is a 3c509 on the ethernet side. There is a 3174 on the token
ring. It is a standard MAU, no rj45 baluns. Don't forget on ancient
MAU's you have to have a token ring starter upper, to charge up
the hub. I had a years old one, and was informed to use the supplied
IBM starter to set up mine. I might point out that the MAU had no
active power, as some of the ones which use rj45's do, and that
may have had to do with the "starter upper" gizmo.
Anyone who can educate me on that one would do me a favor, I
just did it and it worked (after replacing the 9v battery in the IBM
gizmo)
Jim