Token ring to Ethernet?

[Russell A. Heise]

 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