Welcome to this self-running demonstration of Artisoft's LANtastic Network Operating System. This presentation will give you an overview of LANtastic and a description of some of the company's products. --------------------------------------- The LANtastic installation program takes only minutes. You can choose the default settings for a simple network installation, or you can select the specific resources and management settings that will customize and optimize your network. The key word here, as well as throughout the LANtastic system, is flexibility. --------------------------------------- You manage your system by using a program called NET, which allows your machine to access the resources you need. It lets you choose the best way for you to use the assets of your network. --------------------------------------- A program called NET_MGR allows others on the network to use your resources. Simple, easy-to-use menus allow you to optimize your system's performance, to audit the use of the network and to control other management features. The commands for both these programs can be accessed in DOS... --------------------------------------- or, if you prefer Windows, you can make the same choices through simple, easy to use icons. Either way, the management of your LANtastic system is a breeze. --------------------------------------- You can control the level of security you need on your network; who can use it, when, how and which resources. The security can be as sophisticated as you need it to be, all the way down to individual files. With LANtastic you can choose from among 14 levels of security, involving such privileges as "Read only," "Write only," "Create a file," "Delete a file," and more. Most other network systems limit the range and depth of your choices. --------------------------------------- These rights can be further managed by using the "Time of Day" control. With this feature, you can restrict access to specific times and/or days of the week. This is an ideal option when you have temporary or part-time employees. By enabling the password expiration option, the system manager can control the length of time any password can be used. These and other security features give you mainframe-like security on your LANtastic network; which days, which times of day and so on. --------------------------------------- Artisoft's LANtastic networking system remains the leader in the peer-to-peer network market because of its outstanding reliability and performance. It also offers easy connections to other network and computer operating systems, with such products as LANtastic for Macintosh, LANtastic for NetWare, LANtastic for Windows and LANtastic for TCP/IP. All these programs allow you to share information and resources between our DOS-based system and these unrelated platforms. --------------------------------------- LANtastic for NetWare enables LANtastic to run alongside a NetWare network. It adds the flexible and easy-to-use file- and printer- sharing features of a peer-to-peer network, and many other advantages, to the NetWare environment. --------------------------------------- LANtastic for Macintosh connects a LANtastic PC network with a Macintosh network through a dedicated gateway server so that you can do seamless, bi-directional file-and PostScript printer- sharing between the platforms. --------------------------------------- LANtastic for Windows puts the power of LANtastic into the Graphical User Interface of the Windows environment. You can manage your system and all of its functions without leaving Windows. Best of all, you can run DOS and Windows machines on the same network, and without using up a lot of RAM (memory). --------------------------------------- LANtastic for TCP/IP allows a workstation on a LANtastic network to communicate with high-powered mainframe computers. It can gain access to a wide range of systems throughout the network, including DEC VAX, HP and Sun Workstations, IBM's mainframes and NCR and AT&T minicomputers. It also supports the NFS and the PING Internet Control message protocols. --------------------------------------- As you can see, Artisoft has designed the LANtastic networking system to be as flexible and productive as possible. That's why LANtastic is the industry leader in the peer-to-peer arena. And, while it can be as sophisticated as you need it to be, it is easy to install, to manage and to operate. You can use DOS and Windows on the same network and experience all the advantages of the famous LANtastic reliability and FREE, unlimited technical support. You can see for yourself how easy it is to install the LANtastic system by choosing the self-paced install option from the main menu.