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From: ljm@FTP.COM (leo j mclaughlin iii)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: LAN Manager and ISO/OSI  (Was: LAN MANAGER Questions)
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Date: 29 May 91 23:30:17 GMT
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>>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....
>

LAN Manager out of the box uses NetBEUI.  It can be used over any protocol
suite which supports NetBIOS including MAP/TOP (there is no ISO/OSI 
standard for NetBIOS over TPx), RFC 1001/1002 w/TCP-IP, XNS, IPX, etc.

>...Most large network envorionments currently use TCP/IP but the trend is
>toward shifting to ISO/OSI (the gov't has adopted ISO/OSI).

That would be ISO/OSI written, of course, in ADA.

enjoy,
leo j mclaughlin iii
ljm@ftp.com