Novell Ships NetWare/IP 2.1 - NetWare 4 Edition Enhances TCP/IP Protocol Access For NetWare 4.1 Customers
Provo, Utah -- May 31, 1995 -- Continuing its commitment to
provide protocol independence for its customers, Novell today
announced the release of NetWare/IP 2.1 - NetWare 4 Edition for use
with the NetWare 4.1 network operating system. NetWare/IP enables
NetWare 4 networks to be seamlessly integrated into Transmission
Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP) environments. NetWare/IP
allows users to run the NetWare network operating system and its
services over IP as an alternative or in addition to the Internetwork
Package Exchange (IPX) transport protocol. Novell began shipping
fulfillment orders to customers in April.
"NetWare/IP 2.1 has helped us exist in an IP environment," said
Dave Lange, information consultant for the Forest Resources College of
the University of Washington. "The new architecture is superior to the
old IP tunneling technology. We're happy that Novell has recognized the
demand customers have for protocol independence and has decided to
bundle NetWare/IP with NetWare 4.1."
"Novell has the largest installed base of TCP/IP solutions in the
market," said Toby Corey, vice president of Marketing for Novell's
NetWare Products Division. "We recognize that our customers may
want to run IP exclusively or in a mixed environment with IPX. Novell is
committed to providing equal support for both protocols for every product
that we ship. NetWare/IP 2.1 provides superior performance and
integration with the NetWare 4.1 network operating system, and the fact
that we're offering it free of charge shows our dedication to protocol
independence."
Summary of Features
NetWare/IP v2.1 - NetWare 4 Edition includes the following
features:
- Support for NetWare Directory Services. The UNICON utility takes
advantage of NDS authentication for administrative tasks without the
need for bindery services.
- Integration with NetWare 4.1. Provides a common install with the
network operating system.
- NIP191.EXE functionality. This update improves WAN performance and
expands tunable performance paramaters, among other enhancements.
- Online documentation. Both client and server documentation is provided
in Dynatext form for electronic installation.
- NetWare/IP gateway. Administrators can choose to enable or disable
this feature which allows NetWare nodes running IPX to communicate
with NetWare/IP nodes.
- Preferred Domain Sap Servers. Users can specify either registered or
unregistered DSS servers as their preferred server, which allows them
to optimize WAN performance.
Availability
NetWare/IP 2.1 is available free of charge to customers who
request it when registering their NetWare 4.1 purchases. It may also be
downloaded from the \Pub\NetWareIP subdirectory on FTP.Novell.com.
The files are NWIPSERV.ZIP, NWIPWS.ZIP and Readme.ZIP.
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