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Thread: Convert token ring NIC to ethernet

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    Convert token ring NIC to ethernet

    is it possible to make your token ring NIC cards work as ethernet cards.

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    Just a Virtualized Geek MrLinus's Avatar
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    Nope. Totally different technology.
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    could you have a PC that has both an ethernet and token ring cards and could communicate on both??

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    Just a Virtualized Geek MrLinus's Avatar
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    Sure.. but you'd need different media, drivers, etc. Makes the machine a "gateway" of sorts. Can't say I've ever done it...
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