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From: kozowski@ohsu3b2.ohsu.EDU (Eric Kozowski)
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Subject: Re: LAN MANAGER Questions.
Message-ID: <1991May29.151027.27342@ohsu.edu>
Date: 29 May 91 15:10:27 GMT
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In article <1991May29.062359.29481@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch) writes:
>1>  Is it absolutely necessary to have an OS/2 server to run LAN manager ?
>    We would prefer to be able to run with our UNIX box (SUN 470) as the
>    main server.  This isn't a major point though so if there are a lot of
>    other advantages we will run with it :)

No.  LanMan has been ported by several vendors to run on UNIX and DOS as well
as OS/2.
>
>2>  Which ethernet cards are supported by LM ?  Or is that, which ethernet
>    cards support LM ? :)  Particulary, are any of DEC's ethernet cards
>    supported.  We have a large number of DEPCA Turbo ethernet boards (for
>    PCSA) and so having support for them would be advantage.

It depends on what the vendor decided to support.

>
>3>  Is there any packages (Comercial/Shareware/Freeware) that provide
>    TCP/IP over LAN manager ?

Most vendors have some sort of LanMan - TCP gateway available.  TCP/IP
and LanMan can run concurrently over the same network (both CSMA/CD).
>
>4>  Does LAN manager provide file services to UNIX boxes via NFS or does
>    it implement its own protocol ?  I'm not sure which of these would be
>    preferable, perhaps you can offer some opinion ?

LanMan uses ISO/OSI protocols.  Most large network envorionments currently
use TCP/IP but the trend is toward shifting to ISO/OSI (the gov't has
adopted ISO/OSI).
>
>5>  How does the allocation of resources work ?  Does LM allow any user to
>    access any resource on any machine so long as the user has the
>    permissions ?  If so, then does this include DOS machines ?  I can see
>    it working with an OS/2 machine, but does it allow a DOS machines
>    resourses (printers etc) to be accessable by others without
>    interupting the user on that DOS machine ?

Yes. Yes. Sort of.  RE: the last question -- It can be done but is quirky
sometimes.
>
>    Does LM allow access to printers on remote UNIX/VMS machines ?

If the remote machine is part of the network (don't think VMS is supported
by anyone yet, though).
>
>    The kind of situation that we are looking at initially is where a site
>    wants to use our UNIX box for some of its file services, but still be
>    able to access its own printers etc.  The site is not technically
>    orientated and so they want us to handle ALL server maintenance.  Will
>    we be able to keep the server on our site or will there have to be a
>    duplicate server (or something) at their site to handle all their
>    printers etc ?

As far as I know you would net to have some sort of server on their site
for the printers.  I could be wrong though.
>
>6>  How good are the mail facilities ?  Is it possible to send mail
>    to/from internet machines ?

Answer to both questions:  It depends on what the vendor provides for a mail
package.  LanMan doesn't have a standardized mail package that I know of.  At
our site we can mail to the Internet and vice-versa.
>
>7>  Is it possible to connect to the LAN from a terminal ?  How would this
>    be set up ?  Is it possible to connect to the LAN through TCP/IP
>    (telnet) ?  These are picky questions and not that important :)

Not that I know of.  Not really.  It depends on what you mean by "connect to
the LAN".
>
>8>  What is the availability of sercer/connection software for
>	- Sun SPARCservers
>	- DEC VMS VAXes
>	- IBM VM Mainframes
>    Who sells/supports each of these ?

I have'nt heard of anyone porting LanMan to Any of these machines but maybe
someone has.

If you have anymore questions, feel free to drop me some email.


-- 
Eric Kozowski         kozowski@ohsu.edu
Networks & Computing Dept.
Oregon Health Sciences University