LANCOM Reference Manual LCOS 3.50 Chapter 1: Preface
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Preface
1Preface
User’s manual and reference manual
The documentation of your device consists of two parts: The user’s manual
and the reference manual .
The hardware of the LANCOM devices is documented in the respective
user’s manuals. Apart from a description of the specific feature set of the
different models, you find in the user’s manual information about inter-
faces and display elements of the devices, as well as instructions for basic
configuration by means of the wizards.
You are now reading the reference manual. The reference man ual
describes all functions and settings of the current version of LCOS, the
operating system of all LANCOM routers and LANCOM Wireless Access
Points. The reference manual refers to a certain software version, but not
to a special hardware.
It completes the user’s manual and describes topics in detail, which are
valid for several models simultaneously. These are for example:
Systems design of the LCOS operating system
Configuration
Management
Diagnosis
Security
Routing and WAN functions
Firewall
Quality of Service (QoS)
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Virtual Local Networks (VLAN)
Backup solutions
LANCAPI
Further server services (DHCP, DNS, charge management)
LCOS, the operating system of LANCOM devices
All LANCOM routers and LANCOM Wireless Access Points use the same oper-
ating system: LCOS. The operating system developed by LANCOM itself is not
attackable from the outside, and thus offers high security. The consistent use
of LCOS ensures a comfortable and constant operation of all LANCOM prod-