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IBM LAN Server
Developer
OS familyOS/2
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Final release5.1 / 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
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Marketing targetLocal area networks
LicenseProprietary
Preceded byIBM PC LAN Program
Official website{{#property:P856}}

IBM LAN Server is a discontinued network operating system introduced by International Business Machines (IBM) in 1988. LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft's LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 (OS/2) Extended Edition.[1] The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default.[2] (Eventually IBM shipped other clients and supported yet more. Examples include the IBM OS/2 File/Print Client, IBM OS/2 Peer, and client software for Microsoft Windows.[3]) Here the short term LAN Server refers to the IBM OS/2 LAN Server product. There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably AIX[4]—now called Fast Connect[5]—and OS/400.[6]

Version history

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Version
no.		 Year Notes
1.0 1988 for OS/2 EE 1.0[1]
1.2 1990 for OS/2 EE 1.2[7]
1.3 1991 for OS/2 EE 1.3[8]
2.0 1992 related to LAN Manager 2.0[9]
3.0 1993 Entry and Advanced versions[10] (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on[11][12])
4.0 1994 Entry and Advanced versions, new object-oriented user interface[13]
5.0 1996 included in OS/2 Warp Server[14]
5.1 1999 included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business[15]

Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP).[16] Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and LAN On-Demand.[17][18] Add-ons included Directory and Security Server,[19] Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing),[20] Novell NetWare for OS/2,[21] and LAN Server for Macintosh.[22]

Innovations

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LAN Server pioneered certain file and print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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Further reading

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