HP 3000 Manuals

General Information Manual

Local Area Networking 

LAN link adapters are essential for communication between computer
systems in a local area network.  The HP ThinLAN 3000 Link provides the
hardware and communication software needed to connect HP 3000 systems to
a network for system-to-system communications.  It includes a LAN
interface controller (LANIC) and transport software that perform the
functions specified in layers one to four of the OSI reference model.
The ThinLAN 3000 Link is used in conjunction with NS, ARPA, or
OSI services (900 Series only).  The ThinLAN 3000 link provides
transport-level protocols based on the Defense Advanced Research Project
Agency and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (DARPA
TCP/IP), and is supported with data transfer rates up to 10 Mbits per
second over either IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet.  IEEE 802.5 Token Ring
connectivity is currently available with the HP Router.


          Figure 5-6.  Network Services Over a LAN 

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