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From: andyb@wndrsvr.la.ca.us (Andy)
Subject: Re: Regards: Token Ring w/ BSD
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 05:31:06 GMT
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Speaking of which, do any of the *BSD support high speed (56K, T1, T3)
network connections? Is there a FAQ on *BSD networking related issues?
ie. hardware and software supported/available and other issues?
Thanks in advance!
- Andy
In article <2tpof1$34@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> thomas@lkg.dec.com writes:
>
>Not really. None of the *BSD understand anything but Ethernet devices.
>Including FDDI or Token Ring means changing a significant portion
>of if_ethersubr.c in addition to actually writing the drivers. I've
>that for ULTRIX and DEC OSF/1 and it's not a simple task.
>
>Also for Token Ring you need to add source routing and that causes
>problems of its own.
>
>Of course, you could implement everything in the drivers but adds
>replicated code and support problems.
>--
>Matt Thomas Internet: thomas@lkg.dec.com
>U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/
>Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my
>Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.
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