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From: gt0652b@prism.gatech.EDU (gt0652b gt0652b gt0652b Josh Guttman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Questions about lantastic
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Date: 14 Jan 91 03:17:15 GMT
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Here some questions about Lantastic that someone asked me via mail.
I thought that their answers would do some good here also.



Cost:
    Lantastic costs $489.00 for the initial startup kit. The kit 
    includes two AE-2 10MBit Network cards which are compatible
    with the novell's cards along with a 999 person site license for 
    the network software. Additional cards cost from $239 to $260
    per node. 

Varitey of boards:
    Lantastic sells a 2Mbit and a 10mBit (Ethernet) board. Although
    lantastic uses an adapter independant Netbios interface, the
    2mbit and 10mbit are the only ones sold by artisoft.

How many nodes:
    I am not quite sure on this one, but I have found that all the 
    Thin Ethernet (RG58) restrictions apply. (I.E. line length and
    network load). Try calling the lantastic support line at 
    (602)293-6363.

Security:
    Security is very good on lantastic, although most installations
    may choose to be quite liberal on their use of security. 
    LAntastic security option include:
          Login's scrutinized by: 	
	      Time of day
              Day of week
          Password renewal schedules
          Full audit trails on all aspects of the network
          Restriction to subdirectories, disks, or files

Good luck!

P.S. I really think this should go back to the news group but
     I am not quite sure how to get it there from mail. Maybe
     you'll have some ideas.

Happy Netting
Josh Guttman
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