Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-sem.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: Request for Help re. Twisted Pair LANs Message-ID: <442@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 15:08:21 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-sem.442 Posted: Thu Oct 24 15:08:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 04:10:39 EDT References: <490@ttidcb.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 > The best solution would minimize the need to change the existing Ethernet > hardware/software capability, eg. you would just have to connect the > Ethernet transceiver cable to a token ring station instead of the normal > transceiver. Obviously I don't know if this kind of answer is feasible, but > if not - what? > Acutally, doing that would be a real hack. You'd have to undo all the ethernet protocol. If you are running IP you are extremely fortunate. We run PROTEON's ring net over a variety of media (including fiber optic). When we need to interface to an actual ethernet for whatever reason, we just gateway a little piece of ethernet cable to the ring using an IP gateway. BRL has three such ethernets that each in different buildings that are interconnected by the ring network. -Ron