From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: Network Modems
Organization: CARD
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 01:27:16 GMT

In article <15OCT92.16258997.0019.MUSIC@MARISTC>                                                                                                      
Charley Murphy <URMC@MARISTC.BITNET> writes:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                      
>We are looking at integrating modem service into our current campus                                                                                  
>LAN. Our network is token ring and IBM OS/2 LAN Server. We are                                                                                       
>interested in company and product information to help evaluate                                                                                       
>Async Communications Servers. We would also be interested in any                                                                                     
>evalustions which other sites have done to provide modem service                                                                                     
>to network users.                                                                                                                                    
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>We are forced into this because our telephone system is a ROLM                                                                                       
>digital switch, and analog service is not longer available to                                                                                        
>offices or student rooms.                                                                                                                            
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>Thanks in advance.                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                     
>Charley Murphy                                                                                                                                       
>Network Administrator                                                                                                                                
>Marist College                                                                                                                                       
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>Phone:     914-575-3252                                                                                                                              
>Bitnet:URMC@MARISTC.BITNET                                                                                                                           
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Take a look at IBM LAN Asychronous Connection Server Program 2.0.  It has many                                                                        
features, bells and whistles, and will run on your OS/2 LAN Server as a DOS                                                                           
program, sharing the same token ring adapter because it uses the OS/2                                                                                 
Virtual Netbios.  We use it that way, and have two 8-serial port cards (                                                                              
Real Time Interface Co-Processor Multi Port adapter.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                      
Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
Iowa State University