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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:4200 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6981 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <1993Nov18.142838.22145@swan.pyr> Organization: Swansea University College References: <93319.140154UD068690@NDSUVM1.BITNET> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:28:38 GMT Lines: 12 In article <93319.140154UD068690@NDSUVM1.BITNET> Mark Diers <UD068690@NDSUVM1.BITNET> writes: >What would clinch my vote for either operating system would be token ring >support. Is anybody out there working on it? I've looked into it but have >come up with the concluusion that I lack the technical expertise to even >start on such a project. > As far as I know the answer is nobody is doing it. Token ring is a pain in the backside and means implementing 802.2 layers, 802.5 layers, IP over 802.3 (not too hard) and the horrible source routing stuff. Alan