Token ring to Ethernet?
Russell A. Heise
RAH at IBM.COM
Sat Dec 15 08:25:48 AEST 1990
JJDAVIS at cc.utah.edu writes:
> How can an IBM token ring LAN connect to an Ethernet broadband for TCP/IP
> communication?
>
> ...
>
> IBM's "TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview" has diagrams (pp. 4-4,5-3)
> showing a token ring LAN and an Ethernet LAN communicating through a 8232,
> with IP routing taking place via a VM host attached to the 8232. Seems
> rather indirect, not to mention expensive!
>
> ...
>
> Any other possibilites?
Sure: try an 8209 LAN Bridge. This device looks like a PC/AT and can attach
to both Token-Ring and Ethernet networks. On the Ethernet side, the bridge
is transparent. On the TRN side, devices see it as a bridge to another
Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM
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