A token ring network is a network in which all the computers are
connected in a circular pattern. A token, or a
special network packet, travels around the token ring and allows
computers to send information to each other.
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| | For more information on using token ring under Linux, refer to the
Linux Token Ring Project website available at
http://www.linuxtr.net. |
To add a token ring connection, follow these steps:
Click the Devices tab.
Click the Add button.
Select Token Ring connection from the
Device Type list, and click
Next.
If you have already added the token ring card to
the hardware list, select it from the Ethernet
card list. Otherwise, select Other Tokenring
Card to add the hardware device.
If you selected Other Tokenring Card, the
Select Token Ring Adapter window as shown in Figure 6-9 appears.
Select the manufacturer and model of the adapter. Select the device
name. If this is the system's first token ring card, select
tr0, if this is the second token ring card,
select tr1, and so on. The
Network Administration Tool also allows
the user to configure the resources for the adapter. Click
Next to continue.
On the Configure Network Settings page,
choose between DHCP and static IP address. You may specify a
hostname for the device. If the device receives a dynamic IP address
each time the network is started, do not specify a hostname. Click
Next to continue.
Click Finish on the Create
Ethernet Device page.
After configuring the token ring device, it appears in the device list
as shown in Figure 6-10.
Be sure to click Apply to save the changes.
After adding the device, you can edit its configuration by
selecting the device from the device list and clicking
Edit. For example, you can configure whether the
device is started at boot time.
When the device is added, it is not activated, as seen by its
Inactive status. To activate the device, select it
from the device list, and click the Activate
button.
