Owner`s manual
by using this configuration for file and print services. The user is
limited to local area network access while using this combination of
transports.
File and print services over the DECnet transport are configured by
default. File and print services over the LAST transport can be con-
figured through the advanced menu of NETSETUP.
Note: File and print services using the LAST transport are not avail-
able in Token Ring configurations or with Ethernet configurations us-
ing the PATHWORKS for ULTRIX, SCO UNIX, VMS (on Alpha AXP systems),
or OS/2 servers. This feature will be discontinued concurrent with the
next release of this product. Local area transports, such as NetBEUI,
will be used for high-speed local area network communications.
Permit Services
PATHWORKS for DOS software provides DOS client systems with the abil-
ity to offer other users access to local resources via the PERMIT com-
mand. A client may offer other client systems access to its local disk;
only a single connection is possible at any given time.
Disk Services
Through the use of Digital's Local Area Systems Transport (LAST) pro-
tocol and Local Area Disks (LAD), PATHWORKS clients are provided with
high-performance virtual disks in a local area network. Virtual disks
can be useful for remote boot, providing extra storage capacity for
the personal computer user, or for backing up local files using the
DOS COPY utility. Up to eight virtual disks can be opened simultane-
ously.
Note: Disk services via LAD and LAST are not available in Token Ring
configurations or with Ethernet configurations using either the PATH-
WORKS for ULTRIX, SCO UNIX, VMS (on Alpha AXP systems), or OS/2 servers.
In a wide area network configuration or in a network without a PATH-
WORKS server, access to virtual disks through DECnet is provided via
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