Special protocol?  You probably think that because most things communicating
over Token Ring are old applications that communicate with SNA or some other
archaic protocol.  But, you can still run IP too.  Now, if you want some old
app (using SNA, for example) to communicate through Monowall, you'll need
something to run DLSW, which encapsulates SNA in TCP/IP.  This can be done
with Cisco routers, though you'll need one on each end of the connection.

This just reminded me of a company that we have dealt with in the past.  The
techs there always associated SNA with Token Ring and TCP/IP with Ethernet.
When we raised the possibility of running SNA over Ethernet, it just about
blew their minds... :)


-----Original Message-----
From: Klaus Stock [mailto:ks at stock dash consulting dot com] 
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:51 AM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] RE : [m0n0wall] M0n0wall & Token Ring

> 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
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