Chapter 1 - Getting Started - SynOptics 3395 Using Manual

The Model 3395/3395A Terminal Server is a combination of hardware and software that links users at
serial devices, such as terminals, to resources on both local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks
(WANs). These resources include a variety of hosts, workstations, and printers, as well as other SynOptics
terminal servers. You can use a terminal server to gain access to any of these hosts on the network:
• UNIX hosts that support the TCP/IP protocol
• International Business Machines (IBM) hosts that have a Telnet server
• DEC VAX hosts running ULTRIX that support TCP/IP
• DEC VAX hosts that support the Local Area Transport (LAT) protocol
When a user such as the one shown in Figure 1-1 makes a connection to a LAN host through the terminal
server, he can use all the resources on that host as if his terminal were directly attached to it.
F igure 1-1.
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Terminal Server Cards In
SynOptics Model 3000
Concentrator
Ethernet Local Area
Network (LAN)
Using the Model 3395/3395A Terminal Server
Chapter 1
Getting Started
UNIX host
VAX host
IBM host
Telnet
Server
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