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- From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Re: Token Ring to 10BASET connection
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:49:46 GMT
- Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
- Lines: 35
- Message-ID: <1k8vaqINN49v@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
- References: <C169su.FK@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan28.075712.24972@cujo.curtin.edu.au>
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- Summary: Other ways to do it...
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- In article <1993Jan28.075712.24972@cujo.curtin.edu.au>, paul@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Paul Kelly) writes:
- > Juanita Schonert (schonert@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
- > :
- > : We are looking at connecting a Token Ring network to a ethernet network
- > : and run them both on Novell 3.11. Has anyone had experience with this
- > : type of setup? What type of hardware and software will we need to
- > : perform this hookup. I am sorry that I cannot be more specific, but
- > : we are in the early stages of planning. The Novell network is 10BASET
- > : based, and the Token Ring network is currently running IBM LAN.
- > :
- > It's really hard!, you bung an ethernet card and a token ring card in
- > your server, and bind protocols to them!
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- Another solution is to use a Token Ring to Ethernet Bridge....
- Saves the file server some work.... I dare say it's probably
- more efficient.... 3Com makes a good bridge... don't know what
- it will cost you... I get edu discounts.......
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- Good Luck
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- Randy Cosby
- Network Manager
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Houston Texas
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