You can get support on the Lanrovers from Intel, they bought Shiva out a
year or two ago. There is a toll support number for Shiva products that I
can't find right now, but you can call 800-539-3373, go to tech support,
tell them you have a shiva product and they'll give you the right number.
The lanrovers are pretty good for dialin ras servers. You can use them up
as a dialout server too, but you need a software app on the workstation that
redirects a com port. I've never seen their "lan2lan" function in
production use and I'm sure you'd rather use Cisco routers. I'm pretty sure
the LanRover 4/E has one ethernet (maybe just 10Base2) and 4 serial ports to
which you can connect analog or isdn modems.
You need Shiva Net Manager to configure and manage them. They have their
own user/password database or you can use tacacs server for authentication
(never tried it). If you need a dialin system for remote users or support
from home you might be able to make use of them.
hope this is helpful,
daveh
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 2:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LanRover - offtopic?
My apologies if this topic is not appropriate.
I view this forum as home of the network gurus and hope-to-be gurus.
If my subject matter is not on topic, please suggest an appropriate
newsgroup.
At work I have been given 5 Shiva LanRover/4E units and asked to see
if I can make any use of them. Seems to me I could use them as routers
(ignoring the dialing capabilites for now). Does anyone have any
experience with these units? My first stumbling block is an admin
password. These units have been sitting in the corner for who knows
how long, and anyone who had the password is long gone. I can run a
device discovery but anything beyond that is protected. I looked
inside and there is no battery I can pull. I didn't expect so, as
probably the password is part of the firmware. Also no jumpers, again
as expected, to clear settings. At least none that I can determine.
Probably a firmware upgrade is needed, about $700, though chances are
the same stumbling block would come into play. As well, I have asked
to see if I can get any functionality as is.
This isn't a critical assignment, more of a "give it to the new CCNA
guy and see what he can do, if nothing, then no worse off".
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
Chris McNally
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