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  There's two answers to your question.  The question is "Can msdos-based
servers serve file requests from lan manager based clients?"  The answer to
that one is yes.  You can set up a network of msdos based servers and have
them serve requests from os/2 or msdos clients.  

 Here's where it gets tricky: You CAN'T do that with DOS lanman.  What you need
to do is use the server portion of the MsNet product.  You can mix and match
msnet and lan manager servers and workstations on the same network.  

  Typical example:  "I've got a network based on ungermann bass network
adapters and their 'net one' networking software.  Can I put os/2 lan manager
servers or clients on this network?  "

  Yes.  Ungermann Bass is a licensee of MsNet, and their "net one' product
is compatible with os/2 lan manager.  From a "net one" client you can
send and recieve file requests or device requests. 

  Same holds true for 3com's 3+share product, at&t's starlan product, and so
on.  I'm mentioning brand names here for examples, not as endorsement of
product.  

Product			Server software		Client software
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Os/2 lan manager	Yes			Yes
Unix Lan Manager	Yes			No
Msdos Lan Manager	no			Yes
Msdos MsNet		Yes			Yes

  For information/pricing/availability, the best person to contact is your
current network vendor of hardware or software.  

  There ARE some functional differences between the different software packages
although they will all work correctly with one another.  In particular

Product			Encrypts	Share comm	Share		Share
			Passwords	Devices		Printers	files
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
os/2 lan manager
server			yes		yes		yes		yes

unix lan manager
server			yes		yes		yes		yes

msdos MsNet server	no		no		yes		yes

  If you're interested in more detail, we offer classes on lan manager and
os/2, down to the device driver level.  Give me a call for a course catalog.

Bruce King/Lan Instructor/Microsoft University/(206) 882-8080 bruceki@microsoft