
Chapter 1
Getting Started
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
Terminal Server Cards In
SynOptics Model 3000
Concentrator
Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN)
UNIX host
VAX host
IBM host
Telnet
Server
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