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To: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis)
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Subject: Re: token ring anyone 
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> The pain level aside, a better reason is that token ring is dead...when was
> the last time anyone heard of a NEW network installation using token ring
> when ethernet was an option? Token ring today is limited to IBM's hostage
> customers who simply have little use for BSD unix anyway. Anyone with a
> novell network can simply stick a $30. ethernet card into their server and
> wire up a FreeBSD box to it if they want to put it on their net....and I'm
> not sure that anyone else using token ring much matters.

That's assuming they are wired for Ethernet.  Sure they can stick in their
Ethernet card but they may not be able to talk to anyone.  Which why HP
is targetting the folks with cat-3 token ring wiring with 100baseVG.

Token Ring is sterile but it certainly ain't dead yet.

Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@lkg.dec.com
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