Re: Token Ring for Debian??
On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Farzad FARID wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote:
> [...]
> > One thing is important - you should check if your TR type is supported by
> > Linux at all becouse Token Ring support is not for all TR cards but for
> > the most tipical ones. This works with Slackware. I odn't see any reason,
> > for which this cannot work with Debian! (But anyway it is crazy but
> > possible!)
> >
>
> The current TR driver only works with the Tropic chipset found in the
> IBM TR adapters. Others like Olitech and Madge won't work.
>
> --
> Farzad FARID
> Administrateur Reseau
> SGIP - Publicis
>
>
This is fragment of TR HOWTO:
Make sure that you have a Token Ring card that is supported by this
driver. Currently the only cards that are supported are those that
use the Tropic chipset.
Cards that I personally know to work are:
IBM Token Ring 16/4 adapter /A
IBM Token Ring adapter /A
IBM Token Ring adapter II (4 Megabit only)
IBM 16/4 ISA Token Ring card (16bit)
IBM 16/4 ISA Token Ring card (8bit)
3Com TokenLink Adapter (IBM and 3Com mode)
HyperRing Classic 16/4
Please note that IBM makes a DMA/busmaster adapter for ISA with
the name:
Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter II
which will *NOT* work. Do not confuse this card with the IBM
Token Ring adapter II (4mbit) which does.
Leszek Gerwatowski
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