Hi I Rercently Got A Bunch Of Old Computers And Pulled Out What Appeared To Be An Ethernet Card But When I Connected It To My Other Computer It Said Token Ring Pci Card, Just Wondering If Some 1 Could Tell Me Whats A Token Ring And Can I Use It As A Network Card?
2006-10-01 16:43:18 · 5 answers · asked by tom_dewlie 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Token ring is a different kind of network - it is NOT compatible with ethernet so unless you have a token ring network, those cards are useless to you - consider selling them on ebay.
see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_ring
2006-10-01 16:46:10 · answer #1 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Token Ring is an old-fashion Network Protocol. Today most computers use Ethernet protocol. So you cannot use it as ethernet card, with a token ring pci card you can only connect other computers with token ring pci cards.
Briefly, they are just garbage :)
Peace
2006-10-01 23:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by Syntax-Error 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Token Ring is back in the IBM dominated era of networks. It will not work as an ethernet controller.
2006-10-02 00:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by nerdboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST SELL IT ON eBay! YOU WILL GET CASH FROMTHOSE WHO BUY OLD COMPUTER STUFF. ALSO SELL MOST OF THE COMPUTERS IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM
2006-10-02 00:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by dan_farrell63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_ring
2006-10-01 23:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋