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To: Spartex who wrote (23950)	10/12/1998 11:09:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) of 42771

How Novell's intraNetWare Answers the IP Challenge Q: I heard that the new version of NetWare supports IP. How is it different from the previous version? What advantages does intraNetWare have over NetWare that's IPX? A: Chances are the network services for any large corporation in America were running entirely on Novell's NetWare software at some time or other, but that has changed drastically over the last few years. As Windows NT makes its move into the network market, the number of NetWare installations has decreased, and most corporations are now running mixed networks that include Windows NT and Novell NetWare. There are many reasons for this change. One of them is the fact that networks have moved from IPX to IP as the infrastructure, due to the shift in networking toward Internet-based technology. Novell has answered this challenge with its upgrade to NetWare 4.11, intraNetWare--a networking solution that lets IPX-based users gain access to the Internet. IntraNetWare includes a Web server and allows Web and FTP publishing. For those folks still running Novell's IPX networking services, intraNetWare provides an IPX/IP gateway that allows you to use TCP/IP services from workstations. This saves you from having to configure all of your workstations with TCP/IP for Internet-related services. The IPX/IP gateway is integrated with Novell Directory Services (NDS) to allow implementation of security and access controls for intranet and Internet use. This includes security features such as Internet services and time-of-day access. Organizations that use IPX networks and the IP gateway are protected from intruders by the fact that only one IP address is visible on the network. Internal servers and stations are inaccessible, and thus secure from outsiders. Novell networking is based on directory services, whereas Microsoft Networking is based on domains. IntraNetWare combines Novell's NetWare 4 with networking architecture offering Web services to provide LAN solutions. Novell has also made the intraNetWare client more graphical and user-friendly by providing Java support with its own development platform. IntraNetWare also includes Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare and Oracle8 database, and allows the configuration of a TCP/IP network. It enhances Novell's TCP/IP capabilities by adding Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and DNS services. Novell recently introduced Netware 5, which adds some useful new features. For example, zero-effort networking allows administrators to gain more control over the desktop and allows application distribution and management over a network. And the NetWare server can now be administered using a Java-based tool called ConsoleOne. Microsoft is also promising many new features with Windows NT 5.0, including a new management infrastructure. NT 5.0 is also coming out with a directory-based network called Active Directory. For NT, this will be a move away from the current domain architecture. I'll discuss Microsoft's NT 5.0 networking features and Novell's NetWare 5 in a future article. internetworld.com

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