
About Eicon SNA Gateway 14
About Eicon SNA Gateway
Eicon SNA Gateway is designed to work under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
(Professional, Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server). The gateway
uses SNA protocols to connect client workstations in remote branch offices to
corporate IBM
®
hosts.
Eicon SNA Gateway supports the use of 802.2 LLC, Frame Relay, SDLC, X.25
and Eicon IDLC WAN protocols over leased, dialup, and ISDN lines. It also
works in conjunction with Eicon Networks’ Eiconcard LAN Client, the full
range of Eicon application development toolkits, and the Access
®
and Aviva
®
families of terminal emulations software to provide client workstations access
to remote host applications.
Eicon SNA Gateway Architecture
There are two versions of the Eicon SNA Gateway: SNA LAN Gateway and
SNA Connect. For the purposes of this guide, “Eicon SNA Gateway” is used
to refer to either of these products, and the phrase “gateway PC” is used to refer
to the computer on which the Eicon SNA Gateway software is installed.
SNA LAN Gateway
SNA LAN Gateway provides client workstations on a LAN with access to
remote hosts. This product has a LAN-based architecture that follows a client/
server paradigm. The SNA LAN Gateway software is installed on a LAN PC,
which becomes the gateway PC (server) that provides access to connected host
computers. The gateway PC, in turn, is accessed by client workstations on the
LAN that are equipped with terminal emulation or other connectivity software
such as the Eiconcard LAN Client software. Client workstations on the LAN
can use the TCP/IP and IPX/SPX LAN protocols to connect to the SNA LAN
Gateway.
SNA Connect
SNA Connect is a PC-based remote access package. SNA Connect does not
have the same LAN-based architecture of the SNA LAN Gateway. Instead it
is designed to enable standalone workstations in branch offices to connect to
remote hosts.
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The Eicon Access and Aviva terminal emulation software products are available from Aviva
Solutions Inc. For more information, go to www.avivasolutions.com.
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