Token ring to Ethernet?

[Kevin P. Kleinfelter]

JJDAVIS at cc.utah.edu writes:

>How can an IBM token ring LAN connect to an Ethernet broadband for TCP/IP
>communication?

>There is some interest in connecting several RISC/6000s together in a LAN
>with token ring, but the LAN will also need to connect to the campus Ethernet
>broadband.  The RISC/6000s will use the Internet protocol suite.

Am I missing something???  Why not just put an Ethernet card and a
token-ring card in one of your 6000s?  In fact, even an RT can handle this,
as I attended an IBM training class where 1/2 the lab was on Ethernet and
1/2 the lab was on TR, and there was an RT as a gateway between the two
halves.  We have a 6000 with both TR and ethernet (but I haven't gotten
around to using the ethernet board yet!)

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