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==Description==
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The name LAN Manager was used both for a network layer that was sold as an add on for OS/2 versions 1.x (and could run on later versions) and Unix systems and also a Network Operating System that combined a Microsioft's or IBM' version of OS/2 server or Hewlett Packard's [[HP-UX]] and the LAN Manager add on.
'''LAN Manager''' (''LANMAN'', ''LM'') is a Network Operating System for OS/2 Version 1.x from Microsoft.


Actually the primary developer of the LAN Manager product was [[3Com]] and it was based on a [[NOS]] that they had sold under the name ''3+Share'' that used a modified version of DOS called MS-NET as their basis. 3Com originally released the product in 1988 as '''3+Open LAN Manager''' with server support for OS/2 and client support for OS/2 and DOS with [[Apple Macintosh]] support added a little later, the company licensed the product soon thereafter to Microsoft and then it was known initially as '''3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager''' but later as just LAN Manager or LAN Manager/X for the Unix versions with the name of the OEM (HP, IBM, MS et al) in front although 3Com continued to offer the product under the 3+Open name. 3Com lost interest in the product and by 1991 had sold their codebase to Microsoft who integrated the product into [[Windows NT]] Server.
==History==
The LAN Manager product was developed [[3Com]] and Microsoft, so it was known initially as '''3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager'''.
It was based on earlier LAN technologies from Microsoft's MS-NET and XENIX-NET products.
 
LAN Manager was also an OEM product that was licensed to third parties. LAN Manager/X for Hewlett Packard's [[HP-UX]] was the first product for UNIX-based systems.
 
==Features==
LAN Manager provides support for DOS 3 or OS/2 systems with network adapters and protocol stacks. It's possible to configure and bind multiple drivers into a set of layered protocol stacks.
 
The Protocol Manager handles:
* MAC drivers
* Protocol drivers (NetBIOS, ...)


==Versions==
==Versions==
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;Original documentation
;Original documentation
* [https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/os2/text/ndis-mac.v101.txt LAN Manager Network Driver Interface Specification 1.0.1] (1988-05-14)
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/3Com/6406-00_Lan_Manager_NDIS_1.0.2_Preliminary_Jan89.pdf 3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager NDIS 1.0.2 Preliminary Draft] - 1989
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/3Com/6406-00_Lan_Manager_NDIS_1.0.2_Preliminary_Jan89.pdf 3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager NDIS 1.0.2 Preliminary Draft] - 1989


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* [[Hewlett-Packard]]
* [[Hewlett-Packard]]


[[Category:Operating Systems]]
[[Category:Network Operating System]]
[[Category:OS/2]][[Category:Networking]]

Revision as of 20:42, 26 October 2018

LAN Manager (LANMAN, LM) is a Network Operating System for OS/2 Version 1.x from Microsoft.

History

The LAN Manager product was developed 3Com and Microsoft, so it was known initially as 3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager. It was based on earlier LAN technologies from Microsoft's MS-NET and XENIX-NET products.

LAN Manager was also an OEM product that was licensed to third parties. LAN Manager/X for Hewlett Packard's HP-UX was the first product for UNIX-based systems.

Features

LAN Manager provides support for DOS 3 or OS/2 systems with network adapters and protocol stacks. It's possible to configure and bind multiple drivers into a set of layered protocol stacks.

The Protocol Manager handles:

  • MAC drivers
  • Protocol drivers (NetBIOS, ...)

Versions

  • 1987: MS OS/2 LAN Manager 1.0 (Basic/Enhanced)
  • 1989: MS OS/2 LAN Manager 1.1
  • 1991: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.0
  • 1992: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.1
  • 1993: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2
  • 1994: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2a

OEM

3Com
Hewlett Packard
  • 1990: HP LAN Manager 1.1
Torus Systems
  • 1988: Tapestry II LAN Manager
Ungermann-Bass
  • Oct 1988: Net/One MS OS/2 LAN Manager

Publications

  • Ryan: LAN Manager: A Programmer's Guide - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-166-7
  • Microsoft LAN Manager Programmer's Reference - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-313-9
  • Blanda: Using Microsoft LAN Manager - Que 1991, ISBN 0-88022-684-6
  • Michael Day: Troubleshooting LAN Manager 2.0 - M&T Books 1991, ISBN 1-55851-161-X
  • Currid: Understanding Microsoft LAN Manager 2.0 - Sybex 1992, ISBN 0-89588-810-6
  • Don Baarnes, Mike Wirsching: Inside LAN Manager - New Riders 1992, ISBN 1-56205-023-0
Original documentation

Author

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