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From: jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: LAN MANAGER Questions.
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Date: 30 May 91 13:24:55 GMT
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    >2>  Which ethernet cards are supported by LM ?

By default, LM for DOS and OS/2 works on any NDIS driver (ask your board
vendor for one).

    >3>  Is there any packages (Comercial/Shareware/Freeware) that provide
    >    TCP/IP over LAN manager ?
    
Most DOS and OS/2 TCP/IP packages can share the NDIS driver with LM.

    >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.

LM uses NETBIOS at the session layer as its network interface.  NETBIOS can
run on TCP/IP, or OSI, or XNS, but most frequently uses LLC2 (ISO logical
link layer, usually called 'netbeui').

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