DESCRIPTION


The AnyNet Product Family provides a versatile new software
approach to multiprotocol networking.  It lets you add and connect
many types of applications and networks and even simplifies
network support.

You can expand business solutions by adding new applications,
unconstrained by your network type.  AnyNet lets applications
designed to run on one type of network run over other networks.

AnyNet provides several benefits to the application development
community.  With AnyNet, developers can write applications to
their communications programming interface of choice such as
sockets, Advanced Program-To-Program Communication (APPC) and
NetBIOS; these applications are then usable over multiple
networking protocols. You can  write the application once and
AnyNet will give you the flexibility to sell it in TCP/IP, SNA,
IPX and NetBIOS environments.

With AnyNet you don't need to create multiple versions of your
application for each unique network.  This product expands the use
of your application across multiple networking protocols.  For
example, by using the AnyNet gateways, applications used in one
corporation's network can be used by a supplier or business
partner that may use a different networking protocol.  AnyNet
gives you the an opportunity to reduce development expenses yet
expand market opportunity at the same time.

AnyNet/2 delivers two multiprotocol combinations:  SNA
applications (such as CICS, DB2, and emulators) running over
TCP/IP and TCP/IP Sockets applications (such as FTP, SNMP, and
Telnet) running over SNA.  These products are available in both
end-station and gateway formats.  The two most recent additions to
the product family include AnyNet for OS/2 gateways that support
IPX over SNA and SNA over TCP/IP.

AnyNet/2 can work in conjunction with other AnyNet products
including the VTAM AnyNet Feature, AnyNet/400 in OS/400, and
AnyNet/6000 in AIX SNA Server/6000.

With AnyNet/2 and AnyNet/MVS, SNA emulator and printers can
access host applications over TCP/IP, without adding a separate
SNA network.



HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS


   AnyNet/2 V.2
   ------------
      - Personal computer with a 386 processor or higher.


   AnyNet/2 Sockets over SNA Gateway V.1.1
   ---------------------------------------
      - Personal computer with a 386 processor (or faster)


   AnyNet/2 SNA over TCP/IP Gateway V.1
   ------------------------------------
      - Personal computer with a 486 processor (or faster)
      - 16 MB RAM
      - SNA and TCP/IP network adapter cards


   AnyNet/2 IPX over SNA Gateway V.1
   ---------------------------------
      - Personal computer with a 386 processor (or faster)



SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS


   AnyNet/2 V.2
   ------------
      - IBM Communications Manager/2
      - IBM TCP/IP for OS/2


   AnyNet/2 Sockets over SNA Gateway V.1.1
   ---------------------------------------
      - IBM Communications Manager/2


   AnyNet/2 SNA over TCP/IP Gateway V.1
   ------------------------------------
      - OS/2 V.2.0 (or later)
      - IBM Communications Manager/2 V.1.11 (WR6150 with
                                             APAR JR08224)
      - IBM TCP/IP V.1.2.1 for OS/2 (or later)


   AnyNet/2 IPX over SNA Gateway V.1
   ---------------------------------
      - OS/2 V.2.0 (or later)
      - IBM Communications Manager/2 V.1 (or later)

