Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!turnkey!jackv From: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: TCP/IP over token-ring Message-ID: <6374@turnkey.TCC.COM> Date: 26 Sep 89 15:28:59 GMT References: <347@cs.columbia.edu> Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA Lines: 29 In article <347@cs.columbia.edu> sani@cs.columbia.edu (Stefano Sani) writes: >I have a PS/2 80 running ISC 2.0.2 with a token-ring board in it. >I would like to get TCP/IP to talk to the ring, but what ISC provides >is only compatible with ethernet boards. I have contacted tech support >and they have told me that they don't plan to provide token ring TCP/IP. >My question is then: is there anyone out there who either knows a third >party vendor or who has managed this apparently undoable task? As far as I know the only i386 Unix that provides Token-ring support for TCP/IP is AIX (SURPRISE!! :-}) both for the PS/2 and 370 architecture (when AIX370 becomes generally available, of course). I have not heard of any third-party software out there. In fact, even if you were to get a third party to do a device driver for you (and that should be possible given the bucks) there could be a problem in needing hooks in the ISC TCP software itself, I am not sure about that. I have said this before, but if you have a PS/2 the best Unix port out there (IMHO :-} ) is AIXPS/2. It costs no more than ISC and it gives you goodies like token-ring, job control, etc., not to mention support (ahem, :-} :-}). So, depending on how important token-ring is to you, you might consider making a switch. Disclaimer: This is not an official statement, my opinions only. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@seas.ucla.edu AIX Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@ifs.umich.edu