IBM Token Ring

[John Boffemmyer IV]

Actually, I feel pretty retarded, but I may as well ask (pre-emptive 
shut-up, Sellam -grin). I have been trying to get my TR network 
working for over a year now and can't for some damned reason. Most of 
the NICs are either Madge or IBM PCI (a few are Olicom PCI/ISA or IBM 
MCA). The hubs are Bay Networks Baystack 504 (loaded with DCM, NMM, 
MDA, etc) or Centillion 100 with TokenSpeed 4 port blades mixed with 
ATMSpeed/155 and EtherSpeed 10/100 blades. Can't get either to 
properly allow the NICs to communicate over the hubs. Tried a lot of 
things and still can't figure out what is wrong. Also have an IBM 
8228 MAU, but no reset tool to make it work. I have all the cabling 
and even tried RJ45<->RJ45 vs. Type 1 vampire<->DB9 cabling - 
nothing. Anyone have any ideas? I was dumb and gave my working 3Com 
TR hub to a friend years ago, so that is out of the picture. What I 
can't understand is why I can't get the 504 working on the network 
again after it ran a few years ago when last used.
-John Boffemmyer IV

At 01:34 AM 7/20/2005, you wrote:

>Originally this topic was about Apollo TR but several questions have come up
>about IBM TR. I happen to have spent several years with different vendors of
>IBM Token Ring hardware and IMHO am somewhat of an expert on the topic. I
>would be glad to answer any in depth questions but I suspect that the
>majority of the list members would be bored. On the other had there is
>always the delete key. Either way, let me know.
>
>Gil
>
>A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director
>The Museum at CSE
>University of Texas at Arlington
>Department of Computer Science & Engineering
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