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From: Guy Gustavson <bigfoot@visi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux with and DOS based network?
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 13:11:15 -0500
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> housley@pr-comm.com  (James Housley) wrote:
> 
> > I have an existing network of computers running Lantastic 6.0.
> 
> > Will either of FreeBSD or Linux allow me to do this?  What software
> > might be needed?
> 
> Dunno what exactly Lantastic might be.  (Pardon my ignorance, i
> haven't been working with DOS for years now.)
>

Lantasti is a propritory net protocol run over netbios. It's small, fast,
and peer to peer. I like it a lot, but.....
 
> The only way i could think about is to setup Samba on your Unix
> machine, and use a DOS client that runs SMB over IP.  (Most likely
> this is not what Lantastic does, and the unfortunate side-effect is
> that the LAN drivers will eat up memory.)
> 

Samba's not going to be able to talk it. Basicly you're toast unless
you talk to artisoft (Lantastic's manufactour) and see if they have a 
gateway product. They just might, btw, they have a lot of gateway 
software that they don't commonly advertise.


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