23 Jul
2003
23 Jul
'03
8:04 p.m.
We've been running IP over token-ring for years. Last year, we upgraded
all our machines (200 of them) and in the process replaced almost all of
our token-ring hubs with ethernet switches, and our TR nics with ethernet
cards. We have a few old servers and some specialized machines that are
still on TR; we have a Madge "Smart RingSwitch" with both token-ring and
ethernet modules in it; it routes at the MAC layer, and seems to work
great.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Ron Hudson wrote:
No, You can use a Novell server with Token-Ring and
even route between
machines
on Token-Ring and Ethernet. I don't know if there are any TCP/ IP over
Token Ring solutions
though.
On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 10:54 PM, ghldbrd(a)ccp.com wrote:
> I have a box full of token-ring adapters, IBM new in the box, and can't
> find a nibble here in the States. I've been told that token ring
> netowrking is an IBM only system, and requies an IBM server to play.
>
> Guess that's why everyone went to Ethernet.
>
> Gary Hildebrand
> St. Joseph, MO
>
>
>> Am clearing out my garage to make space for a PDP 11/34.
>> Is there any interest at all in a fair-sized pile of token ring stuff
>> -
>> some
>> 4MHz, some 4/16MHz (cards [inc unused PCMCIA], cables, MAUs etc) or
>> should
>> it all go to the dump.
>> eBay prices appear to be too low to be worth the bother.
>> I suspect that thge only people who might be interested in collecting
>> TR
>> have already been able to pick up as much as they want.
>>
>> This is in Rayleigh, Essex (England)
>>
>> Andy