Sorry, I just started paying attention to this thread. I thought I had a spare Cisco 2513 (ethernet and token ring) router, but I can't find it right now. I did find an old Lattisnet chassis with three UTP token ring blades, and 1 fiber token ring blade. That would handle one end of the connection. Since I have one, it implies that I have two, but I can't find it. Contact me direct if your interested. Maybe others on the list have some forgotten token ring gear as well. Bruce Bruce Broecker Network Comm Supervisor The Toro Company >>> tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org 05/07/03 04:24PM >>> Message: 12 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:22:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Brian <lxy at cloudnet.com> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Broken ring over fiber Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org On 7 May 2003, Mike Hicks wrote: > Well, I think the problem Brian is trying to solve is getting data from > his network across a fiber line without jumping for fiber token ring > transceivers. Yup. I realized that I actually need 4 transceivers, because with token ring I need a ring in and out on each side. Even from a cheap house, that's $2,000, quite a bit of cash for a few months of use. > It might just be that new copper has to be pulled 500 ft distance, which would require repeaters, for a temporary setup. If it would work with one solid copper pull, I'd do it. Factoring in repeaters, it again gets costly for temporary use > It's theoretically possible, but I don't know if anyone's done it. It sounds like it's very possible, but I haven't seen any procedures/code for setting this up. > I suspect that would require going and reconfiguring all of the relevant > client machines though, which is less than desirable. Reconfiguring the client machines is probably going to be needed no matter what I do, if I manage to get a router/bridge configuration working. > Also, they seem to really recommend token ring switches, and I imagine > it would be possible to get switch with a fiber port, but that's > probably even more expensive than the transceiver idea.. Of course it is :-). Another idea I had was setting up a pair of bridges so I could convert TR to ethernet, run over fiber, then convert back. Is there any way to do this with a set of routers? I have a /24 block of IPs and an IPX network number on my side. I want to set up a bridge to convert it to ethernet, cary it over fiber as ethernet, then convert it back. Machines that plug into the remote bridge will then use IPs from that /24 block and the same IPX number. Is this even possible? if not, I have to reconfigure all the clients anyway, somewhat negating the need for this. -Brian _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list