Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (02/07/91)
Are there any commercial or public-domain products that will allow an SCO/UNIX system to act as a Novell, Banyan, or Microsoft LAN Manager client? I prefer a solution that supports the native protocol for the LAN operating system. Microsoft's LAN Manager and LAN Manager/X both run NETBEUI. (Only the HP version uses TCP.) Thanks, Will Estes (apple!cup.portal.com!Will)
martino@logitek.co.uk (Martin O'Nions) (02/08/91)
Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes: >Are there any commercial or public-domain products that will allow >an SCO/UNIX system to act as a Novell, Banyan, or Microsoft LAN >Manager client? I prefer a solution that supports the native >protocol for the LAN operating system. Microsoft's LAN Manager and >LAN Manager/X both run NETBEUI. (Only the HP version uses TCP.) As per other postings to this group, SCO will have NetBEUI in the full release, and HP are supposed to have it now. 3Com's RFC NetBIOS product has been shipping for some time to give LM 1.1 TCP support, and will be available under Microsoft LM 2.0 later this year. Reading Microsoft's information on the LM/X standard, there is no native transport protocol - it has been entirely up to the OEM what they will provide (3Com chose XNS and NBP as their main protocols, with NetBEUI/DLC as a compatability option). It looks like NetBEUI will become the standard for PC-Unix lans, but I would expect to see the NetBIOS over TCP/IP continue alongside.. Martin -- DISCLAIMER: All My Own Work (Unless stated otherwise) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin O'Nions Logitek Group Support martino@logitek.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auntie did you feel no pain / Falling from that willow tree? Could you do it, please again / 'Cos my friend here didn't see. (Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes)