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On Monday 26 June 2006 11:51, Klaus Stock wrote: > > On Monday 26 June 2006 11:18, Nicolas Bussieres wrote: > > > What kind of car dis it ? ISA ? if so , M0n0wall doesn’t support it. > > > What kind of interface is used for the Token ring ? BNC or RG45 ? > > > If I remember there are some adapters out there that can translate TR , > > > but that’s a costly solution . > > > > Hi, Nicolas! Its a PCI card and RJ45 connection. > > Yikes! RJ45! Musta be the fast version of Token Ring...16MBit...EVERY > second! > > If they have Token Ring, they have most probably already some box which > interfaces the whole thing to a TCP/IP. > > As Token Ring typically uses a...special...protocol, which is incompatible > with TCP/IP, a simple plug-in solution is unlikely. Hence the rather costly > translators. > > - Klaus Um, no, Token Ring is not incompatible with TCP/IP... TR is physical layer, like Ethernet, and TCP/IP is protocol layer. In fact, everything on the TR segment is TCP/IP connected. That having been said, is there a way to get M0n0wall to recognize a Token Ring card? Thanks. --Michel |