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Novell Announces NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 Products-- Allow Users to Interconnect Business Networks and Connect to Internet
Novell's software-based router is a scalable communications server that provides flexible internetworking and branch office connectivity
OREM, Utah -- March 18, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced the release of its NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 products, a new release of its scalable communications server software that gives businesses a cost-effective way to make connections among business networks and to the global Internet. The products are a key link in the infrastructure for Novell's Smart Global Network, interconnecting private and public business networks into a single information resource. The already robust LAN/WAN functions of NetWare MultiProtocol Router have been expanded to include support for ISDN and ATM, providing higher speed and more flexible media choices. NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 includes NetWare Mobile IPX technology, which allows laptop users to maintain wireless LAN connections throughout a campus environment. And its new dynamic dial backup feature can establish a dial-up link when a primary wide area network (WAN) link goes down. In combination with other Novell software, NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 provides businesses with cost-effective solutions for a variety of needs, including: * Connecting remote users to all the resources of their office networks--using NetWare MultiProtocol Router, NetWare Mobile and NetWare Connect. * Connecting users to the Internet and publishing information on the Internet--using NetWare MultiProtocol Router, NetWare Web Server and NetWare NFS Services. * Connecting remote users to information and applications on host computers or UNIX machines--using NetWare MultiProtocol Router with NetWare for SAA or NetWare NFS Services.
All of these Novell software products run on industry standard PCs. They can be added to an existing NetWare server or set up on a dedicated communications server. Either way, they minimize the user's investment in special-purpose hardware. "Our customers need integrated wide area networking solutions that enable them to interconnect their organizations' global networks and that provide them with seamless connectivity between locations, to their partners and to outside resources such as the Internet," said Tom Steding, Vice President and General Manager of Novell's Communications Infrastructure Division.
NetWare MultiProtocol Router products * NetWare BranchLink Router 3.1 offers IPX, TCP/IP and AppleTalk routing and source route bridging. It supports two WAN connections and can scale from low-cost analog WANs up to two full T1 or E1 circuits.* NetWare Enterprise Router 3.1 provides functionality similar to that of the NetWare BranchLink Router and supports up to 16 WAN ports. Multiple copies can be installed to provide up to 64 ports. * WAN*Extensions 3.1 extends the functionality of both the NetWare BranchLink Router and the NetWare Enterprise Router products by offering connection services to ATM, Frame Relay and X.25 networks. * SNA*Extensions 3.1 enhances the connectivity of IBM-related applications by offering industry-standard DLSw, SNA/NetBIOS translational bridging and multiprotocol routing across SNA backbones.
Pricing and availability The NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 products will be available by the end of March through Novell resellers. NetWare BranchLike Router 3.1 will be offered at the new price of US$895. NetWare Enterprise Router 3.1 will be available at a suggested retail price of $2,495. Both products include a runtime version of the NetWare network operating system. WAN*Extensions 3.1 and SNA*Extensions 3.1 have a suggested retail price of $495 each. Upgrade packages are available for owners of previous versions of the product. For pricing and other information outside the U.S. and Canada, customers should contact a local Authorized Novell Reseller. Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading networking software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling our customers to connect with other people and the information they need, anytime, anyplace. Novell partners with other technology and market leaders to help customers make networks a part of their everyday lives. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and NetWare BranchLink Router, NetWare Connect, NetWare Enterprise Router, NetWare Mobile, NetWare Mobile IPX, NetWare MultiProtocol Router and Smart Global Network are trademarks of Novell, Inc.
Press contacts:
Wendy Gibson
Mark Bingham
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