The LAN Distance family of products provides the capability to extend the "Office LAN" to remote users. Using dial connections (asynchronous, synchronous, ISDN, or X.25), remote users can access LAN (Ethernet or token ring) resources as if they were physically connected to the LAN.
LAN Distance consists of two components:
1. The LAN Distance Connection Server for OS/2 (R), and
2. The LAN Distance Remote for OS/2
The Connection Server provides the security and routing capabilities that allow remote PCs to access LAN resources. It requires OS/2 2.0 or later and can coexist on the same PC with other applications such as IBM LAN Server, IBM Communication Manager/2, or IBM Database Manager/2.
LAN Distance Remote provides the support for a remote PC to dial either the Connection Server or another remote PC and establish a LAN session. It requires OS/2 2.0 or later.
Hardware and Software Requirements:
o OS/2 2.0 or later
o 7.9MB of free disk space for the LAN Distance Connection Server
o 7.9MB of free disk space for LAN Distance Remote
