LAN Manager
The Microsoft LAN Manager is an on OS/2-basierendes network operating system for local networks.
Functions
For centralized management, the concept of domains was introduced. A LAN Manager server can provide its LAN Manager clients ( LMC) within the domain of different resources ( drives and directories, printers, serial devices ).
As the client operating systems DOS, OS / 2 and Macintosh are supported. There are also client and server implementations for Unix, for example, LAN Manager / X.
Supported network protocols
- NetBIOS (SMB )
- TCP / IP ( NBT )
- AppleTalk
History of development
Originally designed as a further development of the programs MS -NET and Xenix -NET together with the company 3Com MS OS / 2 LAN Manager has been licensed to various OEMs since 1988. Best known are the IBM LAN Server, HP LAN Manager / X and Tapestry torus. The version of 3com was sold as a 3 Open.
After 3com stopped marketing its server software in 1991, there was now directly from Microsoft the MS LAN Manager 2.0. Among the innovations was one of the transport protocol TCP / IP.
The latest version 2.2 was released by Microsoft in early 1993. The network components incorporated in the development of Windows NT server with.