mreze.307jlazor,
Odgovor za DULEV-a.
Malo na brzinu pisano ali moram da zurim zbog ocajnih veza. U Mrezi
ostaje samo 3.12 server a 3.11 ide za radnu stanicu i u rezervu. Na
3.12 je mala particija pa sam je nameravao prosiriti medjutim to nije
moguce bez gubljenja podataka, odnosno kao sto Vi rekoste ,uraditi
NBackup. To je izgleda jedino resenje.
PS.: MOze li dok su oba servera na vezi da se sa 3.11 na 3.12
kopiraju sistemska prava direktorijumi i sve ostalo ?
mreze.308dulev,
-> #307, jlazor> PS.: MOze li dok su oba servera na vezi da se sa 3.11 na 3.12
> kopiraju sistemska prava direktorijumi i sve ostalo ?
Moze. Naravno, najlakse je sa nbackup.
Treba koristiti nbackup onog servera (verzije) koji ostaje, tj. na
koji se bekapuje, odnosno, u tvom slucaju nbackup verzije 3.12.
BTW, ako su isti tipovi diskova, a sve jedno ti je koja verzija
Novell-a treba da bude, mozda je resenje za tvoje probleme
jednostavna zamena diskova i memorije izmedju racunara.
Inace, nema potrebe za personiranje. :)
(dv)
mreze.309nenad,
Evo i jednog kratkog (od nezavisnog izvora) tabelarnog pregleda
vodećih mrežnih operativnih sistema (servera) i njihovih
prednosti/mana, kada koji treba koristiti i sl, Pokriveni su
Novell Netware, IBM OS/2 Warp, Microsoft Windows NT, DEC
Pathworks i Banyan Vines (sortirani po zastupljenosti ;).
ocene.htmmreze.310gavrilpred,
Trebao bi mi odgovor od nekog ko je imao iskustva sa
instalacijom Windows 3.11 pod Novell-om 3.1. Naime posto je
jedna
takva instalacija greskom obrisana, krenuo sam sa ponovnom
instalacijom (setup/a), i to je proslo O.K. Zatim krenem sa
setup/n, i to krene dobro, ali zatim u toku instalacije, posle
izbora tipa mrezne kartice, u toku kopiranja fajlova, javi da
nemoze da kopira fajlove:
NETWARE.DRV
NETWARE.HLP
NWPOPUP.EXE
VIPX.386
VNETWARE.386
Nije mogao da ih kopira zato sto tih fajlova vise nije bilo ni u
WINDOWS direktorijumu ni u Novell-ovom SYSTEM direktorijumu.
Ja sam se u medjuvremenu snasao i povratio te fajlove koji su
se do tada nalazili u WINDOWS direktorijumu i koji su,kao sto
rekoh, bili obrisani, ali me interesuje gde bi oni u stvari
trebalo da se nalaze i ko ih tamo smesta.Jer posle
administrativne istalacije Windowsa ja ih nisam imao.
Tu prvobitnu administrativnu instalaciju ja nisam napravio, a
u medjuvremenu sam X puta instalirao Windowse za pojedine
korisnike i to je prolazilo bez problema.
E sad, verovatno je problem sto su mi i Windows i Novell (za
sada) piratske verzije, pa su mozda falicne. Pretpostavljam da
bi ti fajlovi trebalo da se nalaze ili u zajednickom Windows
direktorijumu, ili u Novell-ovom System direktorijumu ili
mozda na WSGEN disketi. Da li neko mozda zna nesto vise (npr.
i cemu ti fajlovi sluze)?
mreze.311sljubisic,
-> #310, gavrilpred> NETWARE.DRV
> NETWARE.HLP
> NWPOPUP.EXE
> VIPX.386
> VNETWARE.386
>Nije mogao da ih kopira zato sto tih fajlova vise nije bilo ni u
>WINDOWS direktorijumu ni u Novell-ovom SYSTEM direktorijumu.
Ako se radi o Windows for Workgroups 3.11, tih fajlova tamo jednostavno
nema. Ovih fajlova pak ima u instalaciji Windows 3.1 (koji je za razliku
od 3.11 gotovo uvek hteo lepo da saradjuje sa NetWare-om), i one nose
datum 8/20/92. Ako su fajlovi koje imas ovog datuma, onda najverovatnije
poticu iz instalacije Win 3.1 i njegove podrske za Novell NetWare.
Ako su pak fajlovi nesto novijeg datuma (barem godinu dana mladji :) onda
su najverovatnije iz nekog od Novellovih up-date-ova NetWare klijenata za
MS Windows.
>rekoh, bili obrisani, ali me interesuje gde bi oni u stvari
>trebalo da se nalaze i ko ih tamo smesta.Jer posle
>administrativne istalacije Windowsa ja ih nisam imao.
Dakle, ako imas 3.1 smesta ih sam Windows. U slucaju 3.11 treba ih ubaciti
'rucno', osim ako se ne radi upgrade sa 3.1 na 3.11.
>mozda na WSGEN disketi. Da li neko mozda zna nesto vise (npr.
>i cemu ti fajlovi sluze)?
Ukratko i uprosceno receno, sistemske komponente potrebne Windowsu da
bi mogao da koristi resurse NetWare mreze, kao i podrska sa IPX mrezni
protokol.
mreze.312smilicic,
Pitanje za malo bolje stručnjake za mreže od mene:
Na poslu imamo Novell 3.12 server i nekoliko radnih stanica
koje rade pod win3.11wg. E sad, potrebno je ostvariti da se
stanice "vide" međusobno tj. svi diskovi sa svake stanice
takoreći ;) "peer to peer". Logično rešenje je podići
Microsoft-ovu mrežu koja bi radila u kooperaciji sa Novelovom.
Ovo je OK ali kada se to uradi onda dolazi do kolizije sa
Trumpet Winsock-om koji nam koristi kao veza sa Internetom.
Kolizija se ogleda u tome da sve izgleda kao da radi ali se
"vekovima" čeka na odziv Netscape-a (i ne dočeka) itsl.
E sad tu je glavno pitanje. Rečeni Trumpet Winsock radi pomoću
glupog winpkt.com koji se učitava iz autoexec-a. Da li je moguće
koristiti nekako drugačije socket-e tj. normalno koristiti
Netscape i ostale Internet alate a da se ne koristi winpkt.com
već neki drugi drajver ili neki sasvim drugi program (a ne
Trumpet)??
U autoexec-u stanice stoji sledeće:
lsl
ne2000
ipxodi
odipkt 1 96
winpkt 0x60
Negde ovde ima još i vlm.exe (čini mi se) ali se ne sećam baš
najbolje gde.
Hints?
mreze.313pdeze,
Pozdrav!
Da li je moguce na server Novell mreze instalirati
Win95 i potom koristiti W95 na radnim stanicama u
kojima nema hard diska?
Ne pratim inace ovu konfu, pa mi ne zamerite ako je
vec vidjeno pitanje.
mreze.314zormi,
-> #313, pdeze* Da li je moguce na server Novell mreze instalirati
* Win95 i potom koristiti W95 na radnim stanicama u
* kojima nema hard diska?
Da, s tim što se mora razdvojiti fiksni od promenljivog dela Win95.
U najkraćem: obaviš administrativnu instalaciju (raspakivanje) celog
Win95 (beše setup /a?) u neki read-only katalog, a onda svaki korisnik
pokrene setup i instalira workstation verziju (samo ono što se mora i
menja pri radu) u neki svoj katalog na serveru u kome ima sva prava.
mreze.315dr.grba,
-> #314, zormi>>* Da li je moguce na server Novell mreze instalirati
>>* Win95 i potom koristiti W95 na radnim stanicama u
>>* kojima nema hard diska?
>>
>> Da, s tim što se mora razdvojiti fiksni od promenljivog dela Win95.
Da dodam: ne zaboravite da dodate podršku za duga imena na disku
Novell servera.
mreze.316sljubisic,
-> #313, pdeze>Da li je moguce na server Novell mreze instalirati
>Win95 i potom koristiti W95 na radnim stanicama u
>kojima nema hard diska?
Za potpune diskless Win95 stanice ce ti biti potreban NT 4.0 Server i
odgovarajuci boot EPROM za tvoje mrezne kartice (koji se mora porucivati
iz inostranstva i to samo za odredjeni tip kartice, sto je dodatna kom-
plikacija). Dakle, eventualno zateceni boot EPROM-i za NetWare (DOS) se
nikako ne mogu iskoristiti.
A o svrsishodnosti jednog ovakvog poduhvata je ovde vec bilo reci, no ukra-
tko: sa Ethernetovih ogranicenjem od 10 MBps nije od velike koristi, posto
bi sve to bilo toliko sporo da bi gotovo bilo neupotrebljivo. Na Fast Eth-
ernetu situacija bi vec bila dosta bolja, jer je propusna moc mreze veca,
ali se tu onda kao potencijalno usko grlo javlja disk na samom serveru.
Osim toga, ako neko ima para za 100 Mbps umrezavanje, sigurno ima i para
da radne stanice opremi barem nekim minimalnim sistemskim hard-diskovima.
mreze.317pdeze,
-> #314, zormi> U najkracem: obavis administrativnu instalaciju (raspakivanje)
> celog Win95 (bese setup /a?) u neki read-only katalog, a onda
> svaki korisnik
A kako si resio pitanje boot eproma?
Da li si koristio obicne ili specijalne eprome koje sljubisic pominje?
sljub> plikacija). Dakle, eventualno zateceni boot EPROM-i za NetWare (DOS) se
sljub> nikako ne mogu iskoristiti.
mreze.318smilicic,
-> #315, dr.grba» Da dodam: ne zaboravite da dodate podršku za duga imena na
» disku Novell servera.
Kako se ovo postiže i da li je moguće na svakoj verziji Novell-a?
mreze.319jlazor,
-> #313, pdeze> Pozdrav!
> Da li je moguce na server Novell mreze instalirati
> Win95 i potom koristiti W95 na radnim stanicama u
> kojima nema hard diska?
> Ne pratim inace ovu konfu, pa mi ne zamerite ako je
> vec vidjeno pitanje.
Ne preporucuje se zbog usporavanja servera i smanjenja propusne moci
ali bi trebalo da moze.
jlazor, cao
mreze.320zormi,
-> #317, pdeze*> U najkracem: obavis administrativnu instalaciju (raspakivanje)
*> celog Win95 (bese setup /a?) u neki read-only katalog, a onda
*> svaki korisnik
*
* A kako si resio pitanje boot eproma?
Floppy-em :). Jako je nezgodno petljati sa boot epromima (verzije
kartica, verzije OS-ova... uvek neki problemi) pa ih nikad ne
koristim. Ako treba zabraniti pristup operateru ušrafim floppy
sa disketom unutar kućišta. Upgrade se radi zamenom diskete u
tom flopiju ;)
Medjutim, ovakva rešenja danas (Windows stanice) nisu primerena.
Bolje je staviti makar polovne hardove od po 100 DM na svaku
stanicu - mreža nnogo bolje radi.
mreze.321nenad,
A tek smo se "navikli" na 100Mbps mreže... :)
Gigabit Ethernet vendors make a server splashdown
Pre-standard Gigabit Ethernet products are set to begin
shipping next week as two early vendors focus on bringing the
high-speed technology to where the data is: server farms.
GigaLabs, which currently sells switches and adapters that
utilize a direct server bus-to-switch technology called I/O
Switching, said it will ship next week Gigabit
Ethernet-compatible devices based on those products.
Alteon Networks, a start-up with roots in supercomputer
networking, will ship its first products in March. Its Gigabit
Ethernet server switches and adapters are designed for
high-speed networks of servers.
Gigabit Ethernet is designed to deliver 1Gbps of throughput
using conventional Ethernet frames. A standard for the
technology is expected to be largely finished in mid-1997 and
approved next year.
Analysts said the two vendors offer attractive solutions to a
growing problem: As servers take on a more central role in the
enterprise, the pipes that carry that data in and out of them
need to be more efficient.
"There are quite a few people who have collections of servers
they have to connect together," said Dave Passmore, president
of Decisys, a consultancy in Sterling, Va. "Gigabit Ethernet is
a great way to support a back-end server network."
GigaLabs' GigaStar 3000 switch offers eight full-duplex Gigabit
Ethernet ports.
Alteon's AceSwitch 110, shipping in March, features eight
10/100Mbps Ethernet ports and one full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet
port. A second gigabit-speed module can be added. The company's
AceNIC adapter for PCI servers also will ship in March.
Software for the adapters will allow servers to exchange data
in fewer, larger packets, so the server CPUs are interrupted
less often.
"A lot of servers aren't capable of utilizing the throughput of
a high-speed network," said Frank Dzubeck, president of
Communications Network Architects, in Washington. "Alteon's
software gives them the capability of doing that."
The GigaStar 3000 will cost $11,000; GigaLabs' adapter will
cost $3,495. Alteon's AceSwitch 110 will be priced at $8,995,
and its adapter at $1,495.
mreze.322nenad,
Cheyenne pens deal with Microsoft to create directory
services management program for NT 5.0
The Cheyenne division of Computer Associates next week will
announce it has inked a deal with Microsoft to develop a
directory services management program for Active Directory,
Microsoft's directory that will ship with NT 5.0 later this
year.
DS Standard for Windows NT will provide IS managers one-console
access to both Novell's Novell Directory Services and Active
Directory.
"We find a lot of people are going to use both [directories],"
said Jack Serfass, general manager of Cheyenne's directory
services group.
DS Standard will also enable IS managers to work on their
directories offline by taking a snapshot of the current
network. By modeling the directories offline, an IS manager
doesn't have to worry about affecting the live network, Serfass
said.
DS Standard for NT will ship at the same time as Windows NT
5.0. Pricing has not been set.
Cheyenne has also been working with Microsoft to develop disk
disaster recovery software for Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 servers
and workstations.
Cheyenne Disaster Recovery is a bootable-disk solution that
works with any backup application that uses the Microsoft Tape
Format. With one disk and a few wizards, an end-user can fully
restore a downed server without having to restore the operating
system.
"This makes available to Windows NT customers a disaster
recovery solution that is easy to use by an unsophisticated
end-user and brings back the server in a matter of minutes,"
said T.M. Ravi, vice president of marketing for Cheyenne's NT
division.
The disaster recovery software is already integrated with
Cheyenne's ARCServe product and CA's Unicenter systems
management platform.
The disaster recovery product costs $395 and is now available.
ARCServe customers can receive a free copy of the disaster
recovery software through March 31, either from the company or
its Web page.
mreze.323nenad,
Ako imate Netware i Unix-e...
Novell is shipping Version 2.12 of its Network File System (NFS)
Services. NFS Services are designed to provide file sharing
between IntranetWare or NetWare 4.11 servers and any
NFS-compliant platform including Unix. Enhancements with the new
version include centralized installation and configuration and a
single point of administration through Novell Directory Services.
NFS Services cost $2,995 per server license or $400 for users of
Version 2.1.
Version 2.12 of the companion Print Services product -- which is
designed to allow Novell users to print documents whether they
are on a Unix or InternetWare server -- are also available,
costing $995 per server, or $200 for users that are upgrading
from the earlier version.
mreze.324nenad,
Prikaz Novell-ovog "IntranetWare for Small Business 1.1", verzije
Netware-a (tj. IntranetWare-a) za manje mreže, sa lakšim
instaliranjem i administriranjem. Ima i NEAT (Novell Easy
Administration Tool :), ali bih zaista voleo da znam ko im je
smislio ovako "pametno" ime za sam program... ;)
`Slim' IntranetWare focuses on small businesses
By Jeff Symoens
Implementing IT in a small business has a distinct set of
challenges. The solutions must fall within the capabilities
of a consultant or someone in-house and must stay within
budget. In addition, the solutions need to grow at the same
rate as the business. Novell's IntranetWare for Small
Business 1.1 (NetWare 4.11) meets many of these challenges,
although it does turn off the tap at 25 users.
Until now, Novell's flagship network OS (NOS),
IntranetWare, has been a great solution for midsize to
large companies, but it's been a bit complex and pricey for
small organizations. IntranetWare for Small Business
provides easier administration and more cost-effective
pricing.
Although the Novell product is more competitive with
Microsoft Windows NT Server or Workstation for small
businesses, you'll want to examine your needs (including
in-house expertise, cost, and supplemental network
applications) before deploying IntranetWare for Small
Business.
What's different
To a great extent, IntranetWare for Small Business is the
same as the IntranetWare product. There are differences,
though. For example, the Small Business version doesn't
have all of the same add-on components, such as the
multiprotocol router (making it unsuitable for branch
offices), FTP server, and IPX-to-TCP/IP gateway.
One of the most striking differences between the two
products is that installing and configuring the Small
Business version is quite a bit easier. I was impressed
with the product's ease of installation. If you can create
a DOS partition, format it, and load a DOS-based CD-ROM
device driver, you can install IntranetWare for Small
Business.
After setting up my initial DOS partition and CD-ROM drive,
installing IntranetWare for Small Business required almost
no effort. There is one caveat: If you do run into a snag
with hardware that the NOS doesn't support directly or a
driver fails to load, you'll need some NetWare expertise to
get things working.
The IntranetWare for Small Business install automatically
partitioned my disk volumes and handled the configuration
of my Novell Directory Services tree. However, I did have
to separately configure NetWare Connect (a feature not
included in IntranetWare).
This version of IntranetWare has a QuickStart program and
the Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT). The QuickStart
program is an easy-to-use, wizardlike application that
makes the process of adding users, groups, and printers to
the network a breeze. And NEAT picks up where QuickStart
leaves off, giving inexperienced administrators simple
tools to administer users and groups.
The eight-port version of NetWare Connect included with
IntranetWare for Small Business lets you provide dial-in
and dial-out services to users, but it doesn't offer any
compelling advantage over Windows NT Server's Remote Access
Server. In fact, support for multilink bandwidth
aggregation (combining the bandwidth of two
data-communications lines into a single, logical, higher
throughput data connection) and Point to Point Tunneling
Protocol (establishing a secure, virtual private network
connection over public-access networks such as the
Internet) give NT Server the advantage.
Like the flagship product, IntranetWare for Small Business
has a NetWare/IP feature. This lets native NetWare clients
use IP as their core protocol for file-and-print services.
And, for those who want to manage their own DNS or deploy
an intranet, NetWare/IP includes a DNS server.
Novell has priced IntranetWare for Small Business
reasonably at $895 for a five-user package. The real deal
comes if you upgrade from another NetWare or competitive
product: It costs $495 for five users. This makes
IntranetWare for Small Business a very cost-effective NOS
solution.
Some reservations
IntranetWare for Small Business is a strong product, but I
do have a few reservations. Although the NOS has a lot of
the same robust functionality as the standard IntranetWare,
the Small Business version supports no more than 25 users.
Most sites this size won't need to tap into the product's
full power. If a company needs more than the basics,
training or consulting will be a must for those without
in-house expertise. In that case, NT Server gives greater
ease of use. For small sites, too, NT Server is better for
running application services on top of core file-and-print
services.
On the other hand, IntranetWare for Small Business is less
expensive, and it requires less hardware for comparable
performance than NT Server. I think Novell needs to up the
ante a little, perhaps including GroupWise to make the
product more compelling.
Novell's IntranetWare for Small Business is a viable NOS
solution for sites with less than 25 users, although it
doesn't offer any particular advantage over NT Server. Your
needs will determine which product best suits your
situation.
The same but different
IntranetWare for Small Business 1.1 vs. IntranetWare
Features in common
NetWare 4.11
Web Server 2.51
NetWare/IP (includes DNS)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server
Novell Directory Services (NDS) migration tools
NetBasic Interpreter
Exclusive to IntranetWare for Small Business
Nodal-based licensing
NetWare Connect (eight-port version)
Netscape Navigator 3.0
Single site directory
Built-in ManageWise agent
QuickStart and Novell Easy Administration Tool applications
Exclusive to IntranetWare
Multiprotocol routing
IP-to-IPX gateway
Netscape Navigator 2.1
Hierarchical/multisite NDS
FTP server
THE BOTTOM LINE: GOOD
IntranetWare for Small Business 1.1
This product is a strong offering at a good price for small
businesses looking to implement a network OS. If you're
running NetWare 2.x or 3.x and your site has fewer than 25
users, the upgrade is worth it. However, whether
IntranetWare for Small Business or Windows NT Server is a
better fit depends on your needs.
Pros: Installation easier than IntranetWare; easy
administration; provides most of the power and options of
IntranetWare; includes NetWare Connect; fewer hardware
requirements than Windows NT Server; cost-effective
licensing.
Cons: Advanced options and troubleshooting could require
extensive NetWare expertise; limited to maximum 25 users
per site; no FTP server.
mreze.325passinger,
Potreban LSL verzija 2.11 ili jaca, jer se drajveri za PnP
karte bune kod starijih. Tj. rade one kada se konfigurisu
kao "jumperless" i sa NE2000.COM, ali ...
P.S. radi se o DOS orijentisanoj P-2-P mrezi ( Pers. Netware ).
Hvala unapred.
mreze.326nenad,
Došlo je vreme da se Novell-ovi NLM moduli zamenjuju Java
programima...
Novell embraces Java 1.1 with new SDK
Backtracking from years of relying on proprietary tools, Novell
Inc. is trying to make its networking technologies more open to
developers through integrated Java client and server support.
Novell's new IntranetWare SDK (software development kit) for Java
1.1 is now available in an early access version from the
company's Web site, with final code due by midyear, said Patrick
Harr, Java product marketing manager for the Orem, Utah, company.
Novell will integrate the new SDK, a Java virtual machine and
just-in-time compilers into the next release of IntranetWare,
which is due this spring.
The new IntranetWare SDK, based on JavaSoft Inc.'s just-released
Java 1.1 technology, provides an easier-to-use GUI and tools for
internationalizing products and creating digital signatures, said
Steve Holbrook, Novell Java product line manager.
With a legacy of proprietary and often complex NetWare Loadable
Modules built on its NetWare platform, Novell now must prove its
commitment to an open development platform.
But its efforts may be too little, too late for some developers.
Its first-ever DeveloperNet conference, planned for last
December, was canceled due to a lack of developer interest, said
sources close to the company. Novell will take a second stab at
wooing ISVs through an open developer track at its BrainShare
conference later this month.
Working with other vendors, Novell is creating Java interfaces
for network services to make Java a better development platform
for networked applications.
One such initiative is a Java Directory Interface, due this
month, which enables Java applications to leverage different
naming services--including Novell Directory Services, Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol and x.500--through a pure Java API.
Novell is expected to provide more details of the specification
at next week's Spring Internet World Conference in Los Angeles.
Novell is also working on a native Java client that would utilize
the CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) Internet
Inter-ORB Protocol to communicate with back-end servers, said
Holbrook. Novell's goal is to provide Java on its clients and
servers and to support CORBA as its distributed object
infrastructure.
mreze.327sljubisic,
Jos nesto od skorasnjem preuzimanju US Roboticsa od strane 3Com-a, i kako
ce se to odraziti na druge velike proizvodjace ove opreme.
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3Com Bets the Farm to Corner "Down Market" Futures
On February 26th, the networking industry consolidated once
again. Eric Benhamou, 3Com's chairman and CEO, pulled off
the largest acquisition in internetworking history by
purchasing US Robotics (USR) for $6.6B in 3Com stock. With
combined annual revenues of $5B and a run-rate of about
$5.7B, this gutsy play catapults 3Com into the #2
internetworking vendor slot and the elite top 10 firms traded
on the NASDAQ. It puts 3Com one or two deals away from
eclipsing Cisco's $6.4B run-rate -- and stealing the coveted
#1 position in the networking industry.
3Com/USR: A Complementary Marriage
Amazingly, there is almost no product overlap with this
twosome. By acquiring USR, the adapter-hub-switch-router
maven (3Com) adds: a healthy modem revenue stream with
leading technology (x2/56Kbps); the number two player behind
Ascend in remote access; ISDN investments; and, the hot hand-
held "connected organizer" called Pilot. The few overlapping
point products (e.g. USR's entry in switching was via its
AmberWave and Scorpio deal resulting in the TOTALswitch and
TOTALcell products) will be rationalized; striking there is
little overlap here even in the switching products. Expect
the TOTALCell to be subsumed or scrapped by the prevailing
3Com or USR product line manager.
In addition, 3Com (king of the distributor/VAR channel for
enterprise buyers) gains extensive retail distribution and
an "in" with the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
The two can also consolidate manufacturing to drive down
costs via economies of scale and large volume purchase deals
from suppliers. Plus, both firms share a yen to climb out of
their commodity product pigeonholes and into the more exalted
"end-to-end systems solutions" -- where fewer vendors
intervene in the path of a packet as it traverses the LAN and
WAN.
"Pervasive Networking" Drives 3Com's Buy
For some time now, 3Com has been espousing the concept of
"pervasive networking": networking integral to both office
and home automation. In other words, networking infiltrates
homes, mom-and-pop stores, Small Offices/Home Offices (SOHO)
and mid-size enterprises. Benhamou is gambling that there
will be a shift "down market" and in the not-too-distant
future, networking vendors will generate a larger share of
revenue from smaller buyers.
Market projections support 3Com's position. While the large
enterprise networking market will continue to be lucrative,
IDC posits slowest growth in this high-end sector: from $6B
in 1996 to $8B by the year 2000. In the same time frame, the
mid-tier blossoms from $4B to $11B and SOHO expands from $1B
to $6B.
3Com has tried to penetrate these "down market" segments via
EtherLink III adapters, OfficeConnect, 3Com Red and Network
Ready programs with mixed results. But now, USR helps 3Com
capitalize on pervasive networking with two critical
contributions:
1) Channels. Access to the hottest growth sectors was the
central motivation behind 3Com's buy. USR's well-oiled
retail distribution reaches these buyers directly. Its
booming business with ISPs taps users indirectly via remote
access, Inter- and intranet hookups . . . USR is the pre-
eminent supplier to dial-up heavyweights AOL, CompuServe, IBM
GlobalNet, MCI, Netcom and Sprint.
2) Branding. Its coup in branding 3Com Park suggests that
the company sees value in name recognition. USR's notoriety
in markets that buy on brand can accelerate 3Com's "pervasive
networking" push.
Smart Move, Mr. Benhamou
We think 3Com's acquisition of USR is good for 3Com. It
plays to both companies' strengths. By aiming at a different
bull's-eye, 3Com can extricate itself from the tedious game
of nipping at Cisco's heels. And we think the deal is good
for the networking industry overall it shakes up
competitive dynamics by leapfrogging Cisco et al. in the
coming charge "down market."
But is the timing right for such a bold move? For the SOHO
and mid-tier markets, we think 3Com is right on time. It may
be early for the consumer market, but better to be too early
than too late. 3Com's hand may have been forced a bit. Had
it not been approached by USR, 3Com may have delayed placing
such a big bet. But if it had given USR the brush-off, the
modem master would have shopped around the neighborhood and
ended up mating with Cisco, Bay or one of the others.
Ironically, 3Com may also get a secondary boost in sales to
large enterprises. Though the majority of its revenue comes
from components, 3Com also sells some large, complex networks
to the Global 2000. We see three factors coming from the
acquisition that could bring in more enterprise business:
1) Heft. With 3Com's expanded size and financial clout, it
will behoove big company CIOs to give the #2 player a serious
look when making major networking purchases.
2) Shift towards remote access. As remote access becomes a
significant percentage of wide area backbone costs, network
executives will pay more attention to this part of the
network. Many will find themselves on 3Com's remote access
doorstep . . . which may, in turn, pull through sales of 3Com
hubs, switches and routers. This shift in emphasis could
also diminish the influence of incumbent backbone router
vendors.
3) High-end ISP services. 3Com instantly became a force in
dial access (be it analog or digital, switching and routing)
and is well positioned to deliver new high speed access
solutions such as ADSL and cable modems. With its IBM and
Cascade relationships, 3Com can offer ISPs a "differentiable"
fast IP service for the lucrative enterprise customer. 3Com
premises networking equipment could piggy-back on these
services -- delivered via the ISP or 3Com itself.
Impact on the Industry
So what does 3Com's new industry position mean for its key
competitors? If Benhamou's bet pays off, we foresee some
sleepless nights for his cronies:
Cisco Out-flanked?
Today, Cisco clearly owns the dominant position in large
enterprise clients. If it is true to form, sales reps will
belittle 3Com's component position to its advantage in this
favored customer base. Cisco has some good ammo. Despite
3Com's insistence that it competes with the best of the
systems purveyors, the 3Com/USR combo results in a component
manufacturer with NICs and modems accounting for about 60% of
revenue. Try as it might to emphasize software as the glue
that ties network systems together, Cisco's sales bulldogs
will scoff at 3Com's feeble messages and point buyers to the
cold, hard facts of 3Com's financials. 3Com's inadequate
direct sales force for high-end customers will feel Cisco's
heat.
But when the time comes for Cisco to shift its sights to the
faster growing mid-tier and SOHO markets, it may find itself
shut out of the channels to reach them -- blocked by 3Com's
soon-to-be entrenched distribution, market share and brand
recognition. Cisco thwarted in exploiting future growth
options? You heard it here first.
Bay Networks Forced to Focus
3Com's newfound remote access clout will push Bay up into the
high-end enterprise and carrier/ISP/CATV remote access
markets -- to butt heads with Cisco (again). The problem is,
with a run-rate of only $2B, Bay lags far behind 3Com and
Cisco in resources. The company will be hard-pressed to
mount a strong competitive response since it already has its
hands full with LAN switching and ATM.
Bay may have to abandon some markets altogether. We think
it's time for Bay to take a hard look at which
internetworking markets it can effectively compete in and
forgo others. Look for exit strategies in select product
markets.
Ascend: The Party's Over
Although Ascend currently holds the pre-eminent position in
the ISP market, it must now duke it out with a competitor ten
times its size in revenue (and even more employees). 3Com
can provide deeper service to ISPs who are confused and
despondent about how to make money providing Internet access.
Ascend, who already runs lean (read: understaffed) in an
effort to show rosy financials to Wall Street, will feel even
more pressure.
Ascend has been stitching together systems solutions for
ISPs, broadening its portfolio via acquisitions including
$300M for NetStar, $70M for Whitetree and $29M for
SoneyBrook. But in our opinion, its vision and value-add are
more narrow than 3Com's. Even though 3Com is still putting
pieces together that Ascend already has, it is extending its
product portfolio both higher and lower simultaneously --
something Ascend cannot afford to do. To make matters worse,
a high speed connection service over the Internet from 3Com
raises the bar for Ascend. We expect 3Com to leapfrog Ascend
by offering large ISPs turnkey solutions for both dial access
and back-end transport.
Shiva's Strategic Initiative Cut Off
Shiva is one of the last go-it-alone remote access vendors.
One of its strategic initiatives -- to penetrate the ISP
marketplace -- has suddenly become even more arduous than
before. We don't think its relationships with IBM and Nortel
are enough to weave a compelling story to sell ISPs. This
will box Shiva into its enterprise niche, forcing its
executives to be more friendly to acquisition overtures from
would-be suitors.
What Could Go Awry?
We think 3Com is on the right track. However, one
development that could thwart its pervasive networking push
is an Internet meltdown or other high visibility snafus like
AOL's recent fiasco. This would jeopardize the company's
sales to ISPs and stall development of consumer, SOHO and
mid-tier markets. But we believe the chances of an Internet
implosion are slim -- especially as more traditional telecom
players (who understand 100% uptime goals) join the fracas.
And as the Internet boom continues, so will the fortunes of
"pervasive networking."
What could happen if the SOHO and/or mid-tier markets take
longer to materialize than 3Com projects? The company would
find itself strapped with a low margin -- albeit huge --
component business. Both the modem and adapter markets are
fiercely competitive with intense price pressure. To wit,
Intel, who runs slightly behind 3Com in 10/100 NIC market
share, lowered prices, forcing 3Com to follow suit. Price
cuts erode margins. Period.
Combined, modems and NICs account for over half of total
revenue -- making pricing dogfights a scary proposition.
3Com spin doctors would be challenged to keep the stock from
plummeting into the basement. Doug Spreng, Executive VP 3Com
Interface Products, would sweat bullets looking for new ways
to shave product costs. And this scenario would keep Bob
Finocchio, President 3Com Systems, awake at night dreaming up
new ways to win over higher margin enterprise customers -- an
option 3Com may well have forfeited by setting its sights
down stream.
Regardless of these potential gotcha's, our bet is with 3Com.
It has successfully innovated timely products like boundary
routing and Ethernet switching. We see 3Com poised to catch
the next wave. So grab your board, there's a big one coming.
mreze.328nenad,
JavaSoft unveils naming and directory API
JavaSoft this week revealed the Java Naming and Directory
Interface (JNDI) API as part of its Enterprise API set. The API
is designed to allow developers to tie applications into naming
and directory services that comply with the standard.
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Netscape contributed to the
specification, which is available in draft form for comment.
Novell, another partner, has already implemented it in its
Novell Directory Services.
mreze.329zkrstin,
Help
Pokusavam da povezem dva racunara na kojima je
instaliran win95.
Nabavio sam mreznu karticu ne2000 kompatibilnu.
Uz nju sam dobio program za testiranje, radi iz DOS-a.
Program je NE12DIAG.EXE
Kada startujem program i testiram karticu evo sta napise:
Loopback TEST throught DP8390 CTI - FAIL
Loopback TEST throught DP8390 NIC/CRC - FAIL
Loopback TEST throught DP8390 CTI/CRC - FAIL
Da li neko zna o cemu se radi, i sta bi trebao da preduzmem
da to sve proradi?
mreze.330nenad,
Novell i Netscape razmenjuju tehnologije, pripremaju se za
dugoročnu saradnju...
Novell partners with Netscape, JavaSoft for IntranetWare
Novell Inc. is looking to technologies from Netscape
Communications Corp. and JavaSoft to further extend the Internet
capabilities of its networking platform.
Novell and Netscape are expected to announce at Novell's
Brainshare user conference next week an agreement to pair the
latter's Internet servers with Novell's IntranetWare operating
system, said sources close to both companies.
Meanwhile, Novell is working to add JavaSoft's JavaBeans
component architecture to its network services and utilities.
Last week at Internet World here, Novell announced plans to
deliver in the third quarter an implementation of JavaSoft's new
JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) for NDS (Novell
Directory Services).
Although Novell currently licenses Netscape's Navigator browser
for IntranetWare, additional integration of such Netscape
products as SuiteSpot and such JavaSoft products as JavaBeans
could go a long way in establishing IntranetWare as an enterprise
Internet platform.
"This should scare the bejesus out of Microsoft [Corp.]," said
one Novell and Microsoft user who requested anonymity. Novell and
Netscape together "could really own the enterprise," he added.
"The majority of servers we install for IntranetWare are still
just being used for file and print," said Chris Meyers, systems
analyst for James Moore & Co., a certified public accounting firm
in Gainesville, Fla.
Netscape, too, stands to gain from a Novell partnership.
Marc Andreessen, Netscape's vice president of technology,
intimated last week that a partnership with Novell would bring a
much-needed strong reseller connection.
A Novell/Netscape partnership could enable Netscape customers to
leverage Novell's directory for Netscape servers on IntranetWare.
Although Netscape currently offers its own Directory Server, its
products would gain the advanced scalability and synchronization
capabilities of NDS.
Novell's port of NDS to Windows NT this summer also would enhance
Netscape products on NT.
Adding support for IntranetWare would add another platform for
Netscape's servers and complement Netscape's NT product line,
sources said.
As Novell aims to build closer ties with Netscape, it also is
embracing Java technologies to ease development and Web
integration.
"We're betting the whole farm on Java," said Patrick Harr, Java
product marketing manager for Novell, of Orem, Utah.
Novell announced last week at Internet World its plans to deliver
an NDS implementation of JavaSoft's new JNDI. JNDI enables
developers to write directory-enabled applications in Java that
can automatically be deployed on native Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol and x.500 directories such as Netscape's
Directory Server.
Novell's JNDI implementation will plug in back-end access to NDS,
enabling applications written to the interface to be compatible
with NDS as well.
Novell also is working to deliver JavaBeans for its network
services and utilities, which would enable developers not only to
write applications in Java that can register in and leverage the
power of a directory, but also to do so using objects.
A developer writing a spreadsheet application, for example, could
drop in a JavaBean to enable it to print, then drop in a
customized JavaBean for the directory that gives the application
access to certain printers.
mreze.331sljubisic,
-> #329, zkrstin> Nabavio sam mreznu karticu ne2000 kompatibilnu.
> Uz nju sam dobio program za testiranje, radi iz DOS-a.
> Program je NE12DIAG.EXE
Posto kazes da ti je namera da umrezis dve Win95 masine, pretpostavljam
da si pokusao da stavis karticu i vidis da li ce ih sama 95-ica detekto-
vati? Ili su bas ovde nastupili problemi?
Imas li slucajno interni modem ili Sound Blaster (kompatibilnu) karticu
u kompjuteru? Jesi li probao da pokrenes ovaj program i nakon sto bi iz-
vadio ovakve uredjaje koji se (IRQ, DMA) mogu 'tuci' sa mreznom karticom?
> Loopback TEST throught DP8390 CTI - FAIL
> Loopback TEST throught DP8390 NIC/CRC - FAIL
> Loopback TEST throught DP8390 CTI/CRC - FAIL
Ima raznih 'no-name' kartica, koje su skoro sve u poslednje vreme
'jumperless', kakva je po svemu sudeci i ova tvoja. Ako pod 'nabavio'
podrazumevas da si je kupio, najbolje je da se vratis kod prodavca i
da od njega zahtevas da ti objasni znacenje tih poruka, odnosno da ti na
licu mesta pokaze da je kartica ispravna.
Mada, doduse sama kartica moze biti i ispravna, ali je program koji si dobio
uz nju namenjen nekom drugom tipu kartice (chipsetu), pa logicno nije
u stanju da pravilo iztestira ovu tvoju. Dobar broj 'prodavaca' i ne pro-
veri da li su drajveri i softver za testiranje odgovarajuci, pa mozda je
to i kod tebe slucaj. Desava se cak da se uz pomoc neodgovarajucih drajvera
u kombinaciji sa pojedinim operativnim sistemima i/ili P'n'P BIOS-ima
mrezna kartica tako 'zaglupi' da prakticno postane neupotrebljiva. Ponekad
pomaze da se ista ostavi da prenoci u zamrzivacu, ali to su vec neke
druge price... :(
Takodje, moze biti da ti je sama kartica nekompatibilna sa plocom, sto
se desava prilicno retko, ali se moze manifestovati na nacin koji opisujes.
A moze biti (pod uslovom da su ovo jedina tri testa na kojima kartica pada,
dok na ostalima koje nisi pomenuo prolazi?) da trebas da stavis jedan
T konektor i 2 terminatora na BNC konektor pozadi. Ovo sve po pretposta-
vkom da koristis tanki koaksijalni kabal a ne UTP, sto takodje nisi naveo.
U svakom slucaju, najdobronamerniji savet: ove jeftine, genericke, NE2000
kompatibilne i jumperless kartice zaobilaziti u sirokom luku kad god je
to moguce, a mreznu opremu kupovati _samo_ od prodavaca koji mogu da vam
pruze i adekvatnu tehnicku podrsku. Mozda se u startu plati malo vise, ali
se na kraju ipak prodje jeftinije.
mreze.332zkrstin,
-> #331, sljubisic> Posto kazes da ti je namera da umrezis dve Win95 masine, pretpostavljam
> da si pokusao da stavis karticu i vidis da li ce ih sama 95-ica detekto-
> vati? Ili su bas ovde nastupili problemi?
Bas tako, ostavio sam Win95-ici da je sama prepozna sto je islo glatko,
sve je bilo u najboljem redu.
> Imas li slucajno interni modem ili Sound Blaster (kompatibilnu) karticu
> u kompjuteru? Jesi li probao da pokrenes ovaj program i nakon sto bi iz-
> vadio ovakve uredjaje koji se (IRQ, DMA) mogu 'tuci' sa mreznom karticom?
I ovo sam proverio, i to je bilo dobro podeseno. (IRQ=11)
> Ima raznih 'no-name' kartica, koje su skoro sve u poslednje vreme
> 'jumperless', kakva je po svemu sudeci i ova tvoja.
Tacna predpostavka.
> Takodje, moze biti da ti je sama kartica nekompatibilna sa plocom, sto
> se desava prilicno retko, ali se moze manifestovati na nacin koji opisujes.
> A moze biti (pod uslovom da su ovo jedina tri testa na kojima kartica pada,
> dok na ostalima koje nisi pomenuo prolazi?) da trebas da stavis jedan
> T konektor i 2 terminatora na BNC konektor pozadi. Ovo sve po pretposta-
> vkom da koristis tanki koaksijalni kabal a ne UTP, sto takodje nisi naveo.
I ovo je sve tacno, koristim tanki koaksijalni kabl, kartica radi sa plocom.
Jedina stvar koju nisam proverio i na njoj sam se opekao su BNC konektori
koji nisu bili dobr namesteni.
U svakom slucaju hvala na ovako iscrpnom odgovoru.
mreze.333zkrstin,
mreze.334nenad,
Novell je dobio novog prvog čoveka, to je bivši direktor razvoja
u Sun-u.
Sun's CTO Schmidt takes helm of Novell
Novell's long search for a CEO has ended with the appointment
of Eric Schmidt, who leaves his job as chief technology officer
at Sun Microsystems to lead the Orem, Utah, networking software
company.
Schmidt steps into the post that has been vacant since last
August, when Robert Frankenberg resigned. He will also take
over the role of chairman, which has been filled by John Young
since August. Young will become vice chairman of the company.
Schmidt called the Novell position, which he will assume on
April 7, "the opportunity of a lifetime" in a printed
statement.
"We are grateful for the many contributions Eric has made to
Sun's success," said Scott McNealy, chairman, president, and
CEO of Sun, in a statement. "He is an awesome technologist,
committed to advancing network computing. We wish him every
success in his new position."
Schmidt joined Sun in 1983 as manager of software and moved up
through the ranks with positions as director of software
engineering, vice president and general manager of the software
products division, vice president of the general systems group,
and president of Sun Technology Enterprises. Schmidt was
previously a member of the research staff at the Computer
Science Lab at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and also
worked at Bell Laboratories.
mreze.335nenad,
Osim što je dobio novog direktora, Novell osniva i novu kompaniju
sa Netscape-om (Novonyx), a jedan od glavnih ciljeva je i
portovanje cele Netscape linije servera na Novell-ov mrežni
operativni sistem koji se sada zove IntranetWare.
Novell and Netscape to form new company, port SuiteSpot to IntranetWare
Novell and Netscape on Friday announced the formation of a new
company with an initial goal of integrating and marketing
versions of Netscape's SuiteSpot family of servers running on
Novell's IntranetWare platform.
Called Novonyx, the privately held and jointly funded company
will be based in Utah, although the companies have not settled
on a precise location. It will employ 60 to 80 engineers,
according to Netscape President and Chief Executive Officer Jim
Barksdale. Financial terms of the deal would not be disclosed
by either company.
Announcing the new company in San Jose, Calif., Novell CEO
Joseph Marengi and Barksdale said the decision to form a
separate company to market and integrate products reflects a
desire to circumvent the "arms-length" nature of traditional
OEM/licensing arrangements between companies.
They also said it is a way to exploit existing distribution
channels and bring products to market quickly that leverage the
strengths of both companies -- without detracting from Novell's
and Netscape's individual product development plans.
"By setting up a separate company, it allows you to focus your
efforts on the task at hand -- which right now is putting
SuiteSpot on top of IntranetWare," Marengi said. "And then you
get good speed to market."
Initially, Netscape is contributing a source-code license for
SuiteSpot and its FastTrack Server software, which Novonyx will
integrate with IntranetWare. FastTrack and Enterprise Server
for IntranetWare will be the first two products to come from
the new company and are expected this fall. There are no plans
to port SuiteSpot and FastTrack Server software to run on
Novell's NetWare 3.0 or earlier versions, Marengi said.
At the Novell-sponsored BrainShare show in Utah next week, the
companies plan to demonstrate Enterprise Server 3.0 ported to
IntranetWare as a Network Loadable Module and including
Novell's directory, Marengi said.
Further down the road, other components of SuiteSpot running on
IntranetWare will follow as fruits of the newly formed Novonyx,
officials said. The products will be marketed through both
companies' sales channels.
Although the deal is not exclusive, Barksdale said the company
"hasn't contemplated" signing similar deals with any of
Novell's rivals, although he drew attention to the fact that
the company has already formed two other subsidiaries, the
ACTRA company formed with GEIS, and Navio, which was formed
with a group of Japanese companies.
Because many of the companies' products overlap, most notably
groupware and e-mail and Web servers, a number of analysts
raised the issue of cannibalization. For example, Novell, they
said, will find itself competing with the new company since
SuiteSpot on IntranetWare will come up against Novell's
competing GroupWare product.
Yet Marengi stressed that Novell has no plans to phase out
products that are in conflict, such as Groupwise and Netscape's
Communicator. Instead, he said Novonyx will offer the best
products from both companies, and in some cases integrate them.
On Thursday night, a Novell representative alluded to former
Novell CEO Ray Noorda's concept of coopetition -- competition
and cooperation - and justified the deal by saying that "the
bottom line is that we've gotten where we have by being open.
We encourage other companies to develop with us."
Overall, many analysts were in agreement that -- at least on
face value -- the deal is more of a win for Netscape than for
Novell.
"Certainly the positives here come out on Netscape's side,"
since the deal gives Netscape access to Novell's huge installed
base, as well as its sales channels, said Neil MacDonald, an
analyst at the Gartner Group, in Stamford, Conn.
However, MacDonald added, Novell does gain something out of the
deal.
"It gives them a cross-platform Web strategy, which they didn't
have before," MacDonald said.
Other analysts pointed out that it is IT managers who will
benefit most from the new company, as they will now be able to
take advantage of Netscape's software without dumping their
NetWare installations. And if customers benefit, both Novell
and Netscape will cash in.
"Customers will be happy about this deal," said Bob Sakakeeny,
an analyst with the Aberdeen Group, a consultancy in Boston.
"The conventional wisdom is that NT is eating Novell's lunch,
but the reality is that very few companies are ripping out
NetWare in favor of NT. If anything, they are simply adding NT
servers."
The deal essentially provides alternatives, Sakakeeny added.
"With this, IS buyers aren't locked out or in to a Microsoft
option. And with all of the things happening technologically,
like Java development, it's good to give people choices,"
Sakakeeny said.
Not surprisingly, Barksdale and Marengi both echoed those
sentiments.
"There are a significant number of Novell customers with an
installed base who want to move to areas that Netscape is
touching and leave their architecture alone," Marengi said.
Industry analysts said Novell is working double time to form
unions on the hardware and applications side with other
companies, with Netscape being only the first in a series of
announcements expected over the next few months. On Monday,
Novell will announce an alliance with Oracle that is aimed in
part at getting NetWare directory services to become the de
facto industry standard, analysts said.
"Novell is working to beef up its industry relationships,"
Sakakeeny said.
mreze.336nenad,
Osim sa Netscape-om, Novell će blisko sarađivati i sa Oracle-om
Novell, hot after a Netscape deal, gets cozy with Oracle
Next week at its BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City,
Novell will reveal a wide-ranging alliance with Oracle and
formally announce its Wolf Mountain clustering APIs.
The news follows this week's announcement that Netscape and
Novell are forming a new company to develop versions of
Netscape's SuiteSpot offering that are integrated with Novell
Directory Services (NDS) running on IntranetWare.
As part of its alliance with Oracle, Novell will announce that
NDS has been integrated with Oracle's Web Application Server
3.0 to provide an integrated application development and
deployment platform for Oracle's Network Computing
Architecture. The integration will allow information on the Web
server to be manipulated and managed via NDS, with support for
Java, ActiveX, CORBA, and Distributed Component Object Model.
Novell will also announce that NDS has been integrated with
Oracle's databases running on HP-UX, Windows NT Server, Sun
Solaris, and SCO Unix. Novell is already committed to providing
versions of NDS for these OSes. This would allow administrators
to use the single-log-on feature currently available only for
Oracle databases running on IntranetWare.
Novell will also announce plans to license Visigenic Software's
object request broker technology.
Richard Finkelstein, president of Performance Computing, a
Chicago consultancy, said that such a deal would be "a way for
Oracle to leverage NDS and for Novell to rejuvenate [NDS]
technology that is at the moment languishing in the LAN."
Novell will also demonstrate its previously outlined Wolf
Mountain clustering technology, which will bring fail
resilience to file and print services.
Novell is promising that the hardware and software package will
enable fail-over clusters on Intel-based servers using Scalable
Coherent Interface, Tandem ServerNet, and Gigabit Ethernet
interconnects. Sources said the technology is not expected to
ship in products before 1998.
mreze.337bgolusin,
Interesuje me kako se moze direktno 'zakaciti' na NOVELL server
modemom (NE sa PC Anyware) tako da po prekidu veze server 'otkaci' stanicu!
mreze.338nenad,
Novi Novell (Intra)NetWare će biti 64-bitni, moći ćete da pravite
virtualne privatne mreže preko Interneta, imaćete podršku za
integraciju po CORBA standardima, klastering "out-of-box", umesto
NLM-ova moći će da se koristi Java, drastično pojednostavljeno
administriranje (NEAT)... sve naravno u Moab-u.
Novell details its IntranetWare road map
Novell further outlined its road map for IntranetWare here
Tuesday at its annual BrainShare conference, pitching the
product as an application delivery platform, as well as a
network operating system.
Novell will provide clustering and 64-bit support for future
versions of IntranetWare through its Wolf Mountain technology,
and also announced its virtual private network technology,
code-named Border Services.
Novell officials detailed some capabilities planned for the
next-generation IntranetWare product, code-named Moab. Moab
will include a multiprocessing kernel, integrated management
with Novell Directory Services (NDS), memory protection, and
extended Java support, officials said. Moab also will ship with
the Visigenic object request broker (ORB), VisiORB for C++, and
VisiORB for Java.
Novell will make IntranetWare easier to install and configure
by integrating its Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT) with
Moab, according to Coleman Barney, senior director of marketing
services for Novell's information access division.
"With NEAT you don't have to be an engineer to install
IntranetWare," Barney said.
Novell began transforming its core product, IntranetWare, from
a pure networking operating system to an application delivery
platform this week by integrating a Java development
environment from Sun Microsystems. Code-named ProjectStudio,
the environment will be called JavaStudio when it is launched
next week.
"IntranetWare is a platform for applications and application
development," Barney said. Novell will create the platform "by
supporting both Java and CORBA and through our support for
Oracle's network computing architecture."
Through JavaStudio, Novell will add four services, or Java
Beans, to IntranetWare. They will be: applications with a
graphical and chart visualization tool; database connectivity
tools; a core logic tool that will provide logic between
software such as applets and World Wide Web pages; and a
business component tool that will provide users with the
ability to create spreadsheets and Web pages.
Until now, the only way to include these services was to write
NetWare Loadable Modules, according to Jim Colburn, product
manager for Novell's developer and technology division.
"There is an evolution going on here for Novell," said Jean
Bozman, research manager for International Data Corp., in
Mountain View, Calif. "The concept of what are servers in light
of the Internet and Java has changed, because it's not just
about accessing file and print services. It's about accessing
applets and services."
The ability to develop Java applications on IntranetWare may be
what it takes to compete with Microsoft's Windows NT Server,
according to Jeremy Groendyke, a senior engineer with Sarcom, a
systems integrator based in Columbus, Ohio.
"My clients are asking for Windows NT because of the amount of
applications that Microsoft can deliver over it," Groendyke
said. "Java may be just what Novell needs to keep its installed
base loyal."
Meanwhile, Novell's Border Services will provide customers with
the ability to conduct electronic data interchange or build
so-called extranets, intranets that extend to users outside the
company LAN.
Border Services will include a security module that will allow
users to encrypt data, as well as feature a proxy server for
network caching and increased network speed.
Novell also will integrate in Border Services firewall
technology from a yet-to-be-named third-party vendor. Border
Services will be available on IntranetWare in August.
mreze.339sljubisic,
-> #337, bgolusin>Interesuje me kako se moze direktno 'zakaciti' na NOVELL server
Potreban ti je Novellov softver pod nazivom NetWare Connect (poslednja
verzija je ako se varam 2.0). Instalira se na NetWare server (.nlm) i
podrzava preko PPP-a (osim naravno IPX/SPX protokola) i TCP/IP, kao i
na primer Mac klijente preko AppleTalk protokola. Moze se kupiti preko
ovdasnjih ovlastenih Novell-ovih prodavaca, a cini mi se da je nuzno pret-
hodno biti licencirani korisnik NetWare-a, mada moze biti i da se tu nesto
promenilo. Cena samog paketa, kao i usluge njegovog instaliranja i odrzava-
nja nisu ni malo 'nezne', ali najbolje je da se o tome raspitas kod ovda-
snjih prodavaca.
>modemom (NE sa PC Anyware) tako da po prekidu veze server 'otkaci' stanicu!
:)
E, ovo je vec malo veci problem, i nije vezan samo za NetWare nego vazi za
sve udaljene pristupe mrezi putem modema, kakva je i ova na Sezamu npr.
Nakon nasilnog prekida veze (losa linija) modemi su skloni da se 'zaglupe',
i dalje 'drze' CD, pa komunikacioni softwer i dalje misli da je sve u
najboljem redu. Sa druge strane ako se vreme neaktivnosti posle koga se
prekida veza postavi isuvise kratko, dolazi do problema kod korisnika
koji iako ukonektovani retko pristupaju serveru sa nekim upitom za citanje
ili pisanje.
Ovakva podesavanja i pored dosta iskustva mogu da budu _vrlo_ pipava,
i opet ne mogu osigurati 100% rad bez problema, pa cak i sa najkvalitet-
nijim dial-in modemima.
Srecno! :)
mreze.340mmarkovic,
-> #337, bgolusin> Interesuje me kako se moze direktno 'zakaciti' na NOVELL server
> modemom (NE sa PC Anyware) tako da po prekidu veze server 'otkaci'
> stanicu!
Imam iskustva sa ACCESS SERVEROM. To je mašina, u lokalnoj
mreži, sa istoimenim softverom i sa WNIM karticom, (multi-port
serijska kartica) i eksternim modemima (do 4 modema)
Dakle, nije baš direktno na server, nego na posebnu mašinu
koja je u mreži sa serverom.
Stvar radi pod DOS-om 3.30 :), nad njim je DesqView kao
multitasking. Ako staviš dve kartice, možeš da priključiš do 8
eksternih modema. Postoje pravila oko količine RAM-a u ovom
računaru, ali ovo danas nije problem.
Sa druge strane mogu da budu i interni modemi. Zove se iz posebnog
programa koji se zove ONLAN, mada bi trebalo da može i iz običnog
kom. programa, ali ovo nije radilo svojevremeno.
Programi se odvijaju na tom računaru, udaljeni korisnik samo vidi
ekrane i prenose se otkucaji sa tastature. Usput i program i modemi
vrše kompresiju, stvar je prilično lepo funkcionisala.
Ako se veza prekine, "sesija" ostaje aktivna, i kada korisnik
zove ponovo, nudi mu se mogućnost da nastavi prekinutu sesiju.
Ima mnogo podešavanja, čak i "dial-back", pa verovatno i ovoga
da "otkači stanicu".
Ako su u pitanju DOS programi u tekst modu, ovo nije loše rešenje.
mreze.341nenad,
Nova verzija Vinca-inog StandbyServera za Novell.
Vinca to enhance IntranetWare backup servers
Recognizing that corporations are beefing up their
data-protection and disaster-recovery efforts, Vinca is
preparing enhancements to its StandbyServer mirroring system
for IntranetWare networks. In May, the company plans to release
Version 3.0, which features three key enhancements.
The first allows a primary server to be mirrored in real time
to multiple backup servers. The company already allows multiple
servers to be backed up on a single server. According to Wally
Marsden, Vinca's director of NetWare products, the new feature
is designed to provide extra protection in the event that the
backup server fails.
The second feature allows network managers to recreate the
status of the database at points in the past before, for
example, a corruption occurred.
Vinca is also adding support for native IP to StandbyServer.
In the third quarter, Vinca will release another product that
uses the StandbyServer core technology but allows servers to be
connected over dial-up lines. According to Marsden, this will
be "a remote data-vault-type product" for companies wanting to
store sensitive information at a remote location.
Pricing information for the products will be available at the
time of their launch.
mreze.342zkrstin,
Problem!!!
Dva racunara su vezana u mrezu sa NE2000 kompatibilnim
karticama.
Na jednom je instaliran NT server a na drugom Win95.
Da li je moguce na jednom racunaru, bilo kom, pokrenuti
neki komunikacioni program za Win i koristiti seriski
port drugog racunara?
Da li je moguce preko dial in modema uci na jedan racunar
pa zatim preko drugog racunara zvati nekog internet
provajdera?
Sta treba podesiti u Win NT-u da ovo radi?
mreze.343sljubisic,
-> #342, zkrstin> Na jednom je instaliran NT server a na drugom Win95.
> Da li je moguce na jednom racunaru, bilo kom, pokrenuti
> neki komunikacioni program za Win i koristiti seriski
> port drugog racunara?
Moguce je, a potreban je softwer za share-ovanje modema odn. comm porta.
Moze se naci na Interentu (Winsite i sl.), onaj koji je napisao sam
Microsoft cini mi se i na njihovom site-u, a nije iskljuceno da ga je neko
ostavio ovde na Sezamu.
> Da li je moguce preko dial in modema uci na jedan racunar
> pa zatim preko drugog racunara zvati nekog internet
> provajdera?
Moguce je, mada je vrlo 'pipavo' bez obzira da li se radi o NT/W95 ili pak
UNIX (Linux) racunarima. Ovakvi zahvati ne preporucuju bez _dobrog_ poznava-
nja TCP/IP protokola, njegovog rutiranja, a u slucaju NT-a ni bez prilic-
nog iskustva konfigurisanja i rada sa RAS-om.
mreze.344nenad,
Novell je zatvorenom krugu povlašćenih na svojoj Brainshare
konferenciji pokazao Alpha verziju Moab-a, nove generacije
NetWare (iliti IntranetWare) servera.
Najznačajnije promene su: Java umesto NLM-ova, zaštićena
memorija, unificirani kernel (SMP i jednoprocesorski), TCP/IP je
sada native protokol i za Netware, DNS i DHCP su integrisani u
NDS. Evo kratkog izveštaja o tome dokle su stigli:
In this alpha version
Native IP-based networking
Updated multiprocessing kernel
Memory Protection and Virtual Memory features
NDS integration for DHCP/DNS
Support for NDS and SAP with WinSock 2
Updated IntranetWare Client for Windows 95
Updated IntranetWare Client for Windows NT
Workstation Manager
Planned enhancements
Novell Storage System
Novell Replication Services
Novell Distributed Print Services
Java Virtual Machine
New installation process
mreze.345nenad,
Donekle u vezi sa pričom u os_wars, evo do kakvih sve problema
može da dođe ako se želi interoperabilnost Unix-a i NT-a,
sinhronizacija šifri i sl. radnje...
Utility to manage NT/Unix files leaves NT passwords vulnerable
In the process of solving the problem of managing password
files for both Windows NT and Unix, a programmer may have left
networks running NT wide open to attack.
Using a utility the programmer developed and that is freely
available on the Internet, administrators can access for the
first time the Security Accounts Manager file of NT, which
houses system passwords.
"This utility program meets a need, solving the problem of
password synchronization between Unix and NT," said Jeremy
Allison, programmer at Cygnus Solutions, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
who authored the utility. "But it puts in plain sight what
Microsoft should have documented a long time ago: the hashed
passwords."
Although the utility itself doesn't compromise the security of
the NT environment, it does contain code that can be used to
gain access to the system's password file and can be used to
create a program to impersonate a user on a network or to
capture passwords that have been encrypted.
Microsoft has greatly downplayed the potential breaches in
security, saying that passwords will only be vulnerable to
systems administrators, and that alternating lowercase and
uppercase letters with numbers in a password is sufficient
protection.
Some analysts also questioned the severity of the security
risk, although acknowledging its potential for damage.
"Someone had to screw up setting up the accounts in order for
there to be any exposure to this utility," said Tom Harris,
research director at International Data Corp., in Framingham,
Mass. "If you rely on the defaults, though, you're taking your
chances."
One hacker, who goes by the pseudonym Maglite, said that
extraction programs are nimble enough to sort out variations in
case and numbers, and that his fellows in Boston, Seattle, and
Australia have actually created hacking tools that can do
point-and-click password extraction. Those programs are
expected to hit the streets by this weekend.
Once a CIFS plain-text password is known, a dictionary test
will reveal the English password, effectively decrypting the
password, which can then be used to attack a system.
The password of a privileged account, such as that of a systems
administrator, can give an unauthorized user comprehensive
control of a network, including the ability to add new users to
a network. Those passwords are best captured using a Trojan
Horse, a very sophisticated program that captures a
plain-English password as it is typed in.
Maglite offers one way to avoid such programs.
"Never log in as "Administrator," because that's when you're
vulnerable to a Trojan Horse," Maglite said.
Maglite has in hand a Trojan Horse program, the most
sophisticated way to learn passwords, that uses the utility's
code and can make NT networks vulnerable. He said he will not
release it to the public.
"That would be irresponsible," Maglite said.
mreze.346nenad,
Ako vas zanima Microsfot-ov Video Server i imate adekvatnu
hardversku i softversku platofrmu - besplatna verzija raspoloživa
je sa njihovog sajta.
Predstavljanje ovog proizvoda i činjenica da se koristi MPEG
tehnologija moglo bi da znači da MS nije postigao dogovor sa
proizvođačem RealAudio softvera - postojala je ideja da RA plugin
bude integrisan u predstojeći MS IE 4.
Microsoft posts beta version of video server
Microsoft has posted for download a free beta of its NetShow
Professional Video Server, which will stream real-time MPEG
video across high-bandwidth corporate networks and video LANs.
The video server, which runs on Windows NT 4.0, features a
distributed architecture to facilitate scalability and fault
tolerance. It also is integrated with Internet Explorer 4.0,
currently in a platform preview release.
The server is a companion to the NetShow 2.0 software, which is
also in a beta version. Microsoft is boosting its NetShow
technology for Web pages and corporate intranets for use in
training and advertising.
mreze.347sljubisic,
Iako za proizvodnju opreme za povezivanje i umrezavanje racunara kazu da
je jedna od najperspektivnijih unutar racunarske industrije, vrednost deo-
ica vodecih svetskih firmi iz ove oblasti je u drasticnom padu.
Zasto? Niko nije bas sasvim siguran, ali zato barem svako ima neku svoju
teoriju...
Networking stocks have taken a nosedive. Over the past six
months, a slew of high-flying firms such as 3Com, Cascade,
Fore, Shiva and others have lost over 50% of their valuation.
Price/Earnings ratios have dipped below those of Exxon, Home
Depot, Coca-Cola and the S&P index.
What's causing this sell-off of internetworking stocks? Is
there a new Wall Street psychology? Are we feeling the
rejection of momentum buyers? Or have the fundamentals of
this business shifted? This "Strategic Networks On . . ."
examines the fickle world of hi-tech stocks, markets and
investors. While we can't predict the future, we can make
some sense out of the current churn.
The Big Tumble
Once Wall Street sweethearts, networking stocks have slumped
to pathetic levels over the past few quarters. Leading the
headlines was frame relay pioneer, Cascade: loosing three-
quarters of its value in a 5-month timeframe sliding from a
high of $91 per share to a low of $23. Then 3Com plummeted
from $81 to $24 (an almost equally precipitous loss in value).
In addition to these two, leaders in most every networking
sector have been hit:
NETWORKING STOCK VALUES
52-Wk High 52-Wk Low Hi-Lo % Change 5/1/97 Close
Shiva (remote access)
$87 $8 -91% $10
Madge (token-ring)
$34 $5 -85% $6
Xylan (LAN switches)
$76 $12 -84% $17
Fore Systems (ATM)
$45 $10 -78% $14
Netscape (inter/intranet)
$75 $24 -68% $26
Bay Networks (routers)
$37 $15 -60% $19
Network General (network management)
$30 $13 -57% $15
Ascend (remote access)
$80 $36 -55% $47
Meanwhile, hub/switch player Cabletron has gone relatively
untouched with a $44 high, $27 low and $35 close on 5/1/97.
And Cisco, the internetworking king and industry bellwether,
has not been as badly pummeled either with a high of $76,
low of $45 and a May 1st close at $53. But it announces
earnings on May 6th and if it doesn't beat the street's
"numbers" of $1.7 billion in revenue and 52 cents in earnings
for the quarter, Cisco could set off another mudslide.
What is happening? Is this industry imploding? For insight
into the dynamics around the recent downturn of
internetworking stocks, I talked to a variety of industry
watchers/players including: Eric Benhamou, CEO of 3Com;
Desh Deshpande, co-founder, EVP Business Development and
chairman of the board of Cascade, and; Cisco's VP of business
development, Charlie Giancarlo; Greg McCall, Senior Vice
President of Cramer Berkowitz; and Joe Noel, Technology Analyst,
of Hambrecht & Quist.
Prevailing Downturn Wisdom
There are four theories floating around that attempt to
rationalize the price deflation of internetworking stocks --
beyond the obvious explanation that they were hypervalued
and a few major firms missed planned revenues and earnings:
1) Competitive price/margin pressure
2) Soft market drivers (world economy, PC sales)
3) Purchasing lull
4) Investor meddling
Theory #1: Competitive Price/Margin Pressure
Proponents of this rationale say competition yields price
cuts which erodes margins -- which gives financial analysts
the jitters. For example, fierce LAN switch dogfights have
depressed prices faster than is usual with a new technology.
In Q1 1997, the price of a 10 Mbs switch port dropped to
under $100 -- less than half of its 1996 price tag. A
shared 10 Mbs port now costs $20, down from $500 in 1990.
Intel (a nobody in networking a year ago) entered the market
for network interface cards (NICs) forcing NIC-king 3Com to
slash prices.
But what about the rampant consolidation of the industry?
Though traditional thinking says this trend should provide
price cushions, Theory #1 argues that competition among top
players has heightened. The big driver bringing down stock
prices is a fundamental change in competitive dynamics for
NICs, hubs, switches and remote access equipment. There is
a dislocation occurring in the industry upsetting the status
quo of 3Com, Cisco, Bay and Cabletron. Competition is
intense as these top vendors grab shares of each others'
pies, vie for acquisitions of second-tier players, react to
scrappy start-ups and fend off big-name interlopers like
Intel and Hitachi.
Theory #2: Soft Market Drivers
While internetworking market drivers -- PC, NIC, modem and
semiconductor shipments -- are projected to grow, the growth
*rate* is slowing. IDC forecasts growth in new PC shipments
will run at 12.3% CAGR from 1996 to 2000. And NICs will
increase by only 12.1% CAGR between 1995 and 2000. Sales of
semiconductors for LAN equipment will reach $1.7 billion by
the end of the century (up from $1.2 billion at year-end
1995). And worldwide modem shipments are expected to go
from 30 million in 1996 to 53 million 1998. Though these
numbers are healthy, Theory #2 proponents posit that slowing
growth rates will negatively impact internetworking equipment
sales -- adding fuel to the networking stock bonfire of late.
At a more global level, world macroeconomic fluctuations now
impact the internetworking sector since top-tier vendors do
business around the world. These multi-billion dollar
concerns create a significant US export business. But with
a strong dollar in Europe and Japan, coupled with their
sluggish economies, networking sales have slowed in these
geographies.
Theory #3: Purchasing Lull
Those in the purchase slowdown camp submit that Fortune 1000
firms are buying less networking gear. They say users are
digesting the NICs, hubs, switches and routers they bought
during their 1995/96 spending sprees. And they point to the
stacks of unopened boxes in IT data centers cum network
operations control rooms as proof.
On top of purchase indigestion, #3 theorists say that the
dizzying velocity of new technologies has paralyzed buyers.
Take the quandary of inter/intranet versus remote access --
plus competing solutions like the two 56 Kbs analog options,
multiple xDSLs, ISDN, DSS, etc. Or in switching, there's
NetFlow, Fast IP, gigabit routers, packet-by-packet layer 3
switching, VLANs and so on. For LANs, what about gigabit
Ethernet and where does ATM fit in? All of this confusion
makes for befuddled buyers sitting on the sidelines until
things shake out.
Adding to already sluggish sales, the telcos -- RBOCs,
interexchange carriers and PTTs -- have gone into "Big Plan"
mode. The Telecom Act of '96 prompted RBOCs to rethink
strategies about where to invest and how to enter the
internet access, long distance and PCS markets. And ISPs
have taken a breather from their frenzied network build-outs
to contemplate how they can make money. Sales to carriers
are typically lumpy with huge purchases made in clumps at
different times. But Theory #3 predicts a slowdown in
carrier sales across the board that won't pick up until
service providers figure out their next moves.
Theory #4: Investor Meddling
Big investors can play a heavy hand in driving markets up or
down. According to Theory #4, the infamous "Momentum Buyers"
started selling off large blocks of networking stocks as soon
as indicators turned south. Momentum begets momentum -- and
what's nerve-racking is some don't see a floor. As reasons
to bail, they point to all of the above theories plus a few
extras. For example, recent acquisitions have raised
investors' stress levels. Cisco bought Stratacom for $4
billion only a few months before Cascade revealed softening
frame relay sales -- prompting momentum players to speculate
that Cisco spent twice what it should have on a less than
promising market. A term is now being applied to networking
bids called "acquisition risk." This tries to quantify the
difficulty of culture blending, product rationalization,
channel overlaps, etc.
Plus, big mutual fund managers are shifting investments away
from small cap firms. These hefty funds have gotten so
unwieldy that their managers are no longer inclined to deal
with a large portfolio of small cap stocks. So some large
fund managers now avoid firms with less than a $1 billion
valuation. This thinking has created an absence of stock
buyers for smaller networking companies.
Strategic Networks' Take: Plenty of Play Left
So what do I make of all of this? Okay, some of the big
networking players missed their numbers and the market
panicked. And now lots of non-issues are being put forth
such as, "Is there bandwidth saturation in enterprise
networks?" To a large degree, the fact that many who have
invested in these stocks don't really understand the market
can account for the fire sale. This is the only way to
explain why Cisco currently has a P/E ratio lower than
Lucent!
Lots of Market to Saturate and Upgrade
I don't buy the argument that buyers have taken a breather.
I certainly have not seen this within Strategic Networks'
own client base where Fortune 1000 companies are experiencing
a ten-fold increase in network traffic (largely due to
inter/intranet packets). Enterprise network executives are
readying: 1) hybrid private/public networks for remote and
inter/intranet access; 2) a huge transition from layer 2 to
layer 3 switching; plus 3) upgrades to the next order of
magnitude of LAN bandwidth with gigabit Ethernet. In my book,
this translates into another healthy spending spree over the
next couple of years. So what if the private remote access
purveyors (e.g. Shiva) missed the wave and those banking on
ATM everywhere (like Fore) are leapfrogged by the gigabit
Ethernet gang. Welcome to life in the hi-tech fast lane.
Let's look at the numbers from another vantage point: IDC's
projected 12% growth in new PC shipments from 1996 to 2000
translates into adding a net 23 million PCs on top of the
existing 43 million PCs in the US market alone -- with over
117 million forecast to ship worldwide in 2000. Only 10% of
installed PCs are connected to a switch port. And the
worldwide modem market is projected to mushroom from 30
million shipped in 1996 to 53 million in 1998. Today, an
estimated 11% of the US population is connected to the
internet (and many of those are in dire need of PC
communications upgrades). As your next door neighbors and
the local library, pizza parlor and town hall get wired,
they will help fund a $30 billion access market over the
next several years.
Yes, there will be fall-out among the hundreds of ISPs (and
maybe even an RBOC or two). But we expect continued rounds
of mammoth purchases by network service providers to keep up
with users' bandwidth cravings as well as upcoming technology
shifts. For example, voice-over-IP will totally transform the
US voice network and the $240 billion it represents. When
voice messaging drops from 20 cents a minute to 2 cents,
expect large shifts in the network service provider market and
a boom for internetworking firms. And with the rollout of PCS
technology comes a need for backbone networks made up of frame
and cell switches plus routers.
The Majors, Little Leaguers . . . and the Farm Teams
Instead of a slowdown, I expect continued healthy demand for
networking gear from enterprise buyers, network service
providers, small office/home office (SOHO) segments and
consumers. The question is, which vendors will get the
purchase orders?
I think the internetworking market has begun to split into
Grade A players and everyone else. The "A List": Cisco for
enterprise plays, 3Com for SOHO and consumers and
Cascade/Ascend for carriers and ISPs.
These three (or so) companies will find themselves under
microscopic scrutiny by investors looking deep into their
financials *and* product strategies/plans. They will have
to hit their numbers without a hiccup, so I anticipate some
low-ball forecasts in the coming year. But to improve stock
prices, they must exceed analyst estimates and paint a rosy
future. For example, Cisco's Chambers may be able to create
a mini rally for Grade A networking stocks if, in his May
6th earnings announcement, the company beats financial
analysts' expectations and he succeeds in glossing over
future issues such as its lack of a gigabit router, the
shift in sales towards a more hotly contested switched LAN
market and increased competition for ISP and carrier purchase
orders.
As Grade A stocks rebound -- as I expect they will over the
next 6 to 9 months -- the gap between the A List and everyone
else will widen. While I do not believe the internetworking
industry will collapse around three players, it will look
significantly different:
1) The Majors: Grade A players who attract big investors
and solid workers who want security. This handful of multi-
billion dollar global firms will grow by acquisition and
live on customer loyalty and manufacturing and distribution
prowess. Look for firms like Intel and Hitachi to try to
buy their way into this club.
2) The Little Leaguers: Start-ups with fresh ideas
germinating new technologies . . . whose high-flying venture
capitalists and risk-taking visionaries give their all in
hopes of getting rich when they're bought out by a Grade A
firm. Examples: a slew of new gigabit start-ups (Alteon,
Extreme Networks, Rapid City, etc.) who will be at Interop
pushing 5 to 10 Mpps layer 3 forwarding switches well ahead
of the big guys.
3) . . . and the Farm Teams: Also-rans in the middle who
will find it increasingly hard to find employees, customers
and investors. These ho-hum vendors will not have the stock
valuation to buy firms -- cutting them off from the growth-
by-acquisition path. They will find it hard to keep their
workforce since under-water stock options do not gain
employee loyalty. They will also feel the most heat from
brawny Grade A wannabes, like Intel. While a rare few of
these may make it into the majors or carve out a lucrative
sideline niche, most will die a painful death as they attempt
to remake themselves.
This is a picture of a 10 to 15 year-old adolescent industry
heading into adulthood. Over the next couple of years, the
key for investors will be picking the right start-ups and
riding their good fortunes as they are scooped up by Grade A
players -- and avoiding those destined to become dogs. In
the short-run, I think there's still some time for bargain
basement shopping for networking stocks . . . but choose
wisely because sale items are not returnable.
mreze.348sasab,
Da li je ikako moguće da štampač prikačen na win95 stanicu
koja je preko Novelovog 32-bitnog klijenta prikačena na
NetWare 4.1 server proglasiti za mrežni?
Znači ne file/printer sharing (koji uzgred rečeno i ne radi sa ovim
klijentom), nego remote printer i odgovarajući print queue - ono što
pod DOS-om radi NPRINTER, a sa Microsoft klijentom PRTAGENT. Beše o
ovome diskusija na PRO-u pre jedno godinu dana, ali bez rezultata.
mreze.349nenad,
Izlazi NRS - Novell Replication Services, alat pomoću koga se
Novell-ovi serveri mogu automatski replicirati.
Novell to bring replication to IntranetWare and NetWare servers
Novell on Monday is expected to release Novell Replication
Services (NRS), a technology that allows data on IntranetWare
and NetWare servers to be automatically replicated across a
network.
The release will coincide with the announcement of a name for
the company's Border Services technology at an event at the
Guggenheim Museum, in New York. Border Services is Novell's
"extranet" technology for extending IntranetWare-based networks
across a WAN.
NRS is designed to make it much easier to disseminate
information across a WAN. According to the company, the
technology can be used to selectively replicate all types of
files, including images, audio, and video, from one server to
any number of other servers.
However, the technology does have certain limitations. Users
select the data to be replicated using Novell Directory
Services (NDS), and replication only can take place within a
single designated NDS tree; it cannot be performed across
multiple trees.
Novell has implemented the technology as a NetWare Loadable
Module designed to run on NetWare 4.1x and IntranetWare
servers. Windows 3.1, Windows 95, OS/2, and DOS clients can
access replicated files.
"NRS is a great file-replication service that would be useful
in any NOS [network OS]," said Louis Heibert, senior product
analyst at Progressive Strategies, in New York.
However, Heibert cautioned that although NRS is suitable for
file distribution, it will not be able to compete with Lotus
Notes or any type of clustering system.
"The technology of NRS is relatively simple in that it can't
perform any back replicating," Heibert said.
Novell has timed the announcement to try to steal some of the
thunder from Microsoft's Scalability Day, which takes place the
following day. New Novell CEO Eric Schmidt will use the
opportunity to try to convince attendees that Novell is a
company with a future, building on the ideas outlined in his
NetWorld+Interop keynote speech earlier this month.
Dan Kusnetzky, an analyst at International Data Corp., in
Framingham, Mass., commented on the importance of Schmidt's
speech.
"Novell has the technology in place," Kusnetzky said. "What it
needs is a visionary who can stand up and articulate how Novell
can make corporations better."
"Novell is using Eric Schmidt to deliver a clear message,"
Kusnetzky added. "What I will be looking for on Monday is more
about presentation than content of the vision."
mreze.350inforts,
Pitanje za iskusnije Novellovce.
Kako da povežem dva NW4.11 servera preko modema u jedinstvenu
NDS mrežu. Sta je potrebno od hardvera i softwera. Da li je sav
potreban softver već sadržan u osnovnom OS-u.
Drugo, kada sam ih vec povezao, kako da se podaci-datoteke sa jednog
automatski prenose na drugi tako da oba imaju iste podatke. Da li je
to moguće ostvariti pomoću dodeljivanja osobina NDS objektima i
pomoću startovanja nekih sistemskih programa?
Pozdrav Dragan.
mreze.351kgelevski,
Molim za pomoc. Hteo bih da povezem dva PC-a. Jedan je 486 a drugi
286. Vec sam nabavio mrezne kartice no pre nego stokrenem u
povezivanje interesuje me dali je moguce sa jednog PC-a pogrenuti
program na drugom PC-u a rezultate rada tog programa videti na
monitoru prvog PC sa koga je i pokrenut program. Naime ideja je da
neke poslove kao sto su komunikacija prepustim slabijem PC-u a da na
jacem PC-u radim zahtevnije stvari. Informacija koja mi treba dali je
to moguce sto sam ja zamislio i sta mi treba od softvera i koji je
hardverski minimum za tako nesto. Svaka pomoc je dobro dosla buduci
da sa povezivanjem PC-a nemam nikakvog iskustva. Kosta.
mreze.352ivke,
Hm..khm..
ja sam nov u mrezama, tachnije, neznam nista o njima. (da skinem to
sa srca)
Moj ortak i ja smo bili pozvani od jednog drugog (treceg) da mu
instaliramo mrezu na tri racunara. Kupili smo mrezne kartice (mogu
da pogledam ime, ako je bitno, ali ja ih znam kao takve),
konektore, koax. kabl, terminatore. Sve smo zaboli instalirali
softver delimicno. Radi se o jednom pentiumu II MMX na 233 Mhz sa
64mb RAMa sa sveze instaliranim NT 4 preko win 95 (nasih ruku
delo), zatim jednoj 'obicnom' pentiumu na valjda 133/16 sa win 95 i
jednom slicnom, mislim da ima 32 MB rama sa win 98 beta.
Instalacija drivera je uspela samo na onom sa 95icom dok ostali
pokazuju uzvichnik :). Nemamo pojma shta dalje da uradimo chak i
kad (ako) na podje za rukom da poteramo drajvere. Da li to radi
samo od sebe u Exploreru pod network neighbourhoud ili treba jos
nesto da se cheprka?
P.S.
nemojte da mislite da smo mi neki burzhuji ili sl. samo je taj
treci. Ja sam ponosni vlasnik 386/8/mono a ortak 486/16. samo smo
hteli da okusamo srecu. Naravno burzhujche je platio kartice i
ostalo.
mreze.353mihailod,
-> #352, ivke> Kupili smo mrezne kartice (mogu da pogledam ime, ako je bitno
Bitnije je da li su PCI ili ISA i da li su NE2000 kompatibilne.
> konektore, koax. kabl, terminatore. Sve smo zaboli instalirali
Ovo pretpostavljam da je dobro uradjeno (terminatori na
krajeve a izmedju njih 1 T-racva sa dva kabla). Nije lose
proveriti i kablove i terminatore ommetrom...
> jednoj 'obicnom' pentiumu na valjda 133/16 sa win 95 i
Ovde ne bi smelo da bude problema. Ako je NE2000 komapatibilna,
te drajvere imas na instalacijama za Win95 i jos nisam video
karticu koja ima NE200 kompatibilnost a da ne radi sa njima.
> jednom slicnom, mislim da ima 32 MB rama sa win 98 beta.
Taj "Win98" nikad nisam video...
>Instalacija drivera je uspela samo na onom sa 95icom dok ostali
Ok... bar za nesto da se uhvatimo... I sta na toj masini javlja
Network Neigborhood? Da li javlja da ne moze da browsuje mrezu
ili moze, a vidi se samo ta masina na celoj mrezi?
> pokazuju uzvichnik :). Nemamo pojma shta dalje da uradimo chak i
> kad (ako) na podje za rukom da poteramo drajvere. Da li to radi
> samo od sebe u Exploreru pod network neighbourhoud ili treba jos
> nesto da se cheprka?
HARDVERSKI: mrezna karta koristi IRQ i Base Adress. Naravno, jos
jedan BITAN podatak je tip povezivanja koji je verovatno po
defaultu BNC ili karta automatski to nalazi. Ipak, proveri ovo
dijagnostickim programom koji si dobio uz karte. Takodje, vidi
koji IRQ i Adress zauzimaju (default je obicno IRQ5/base300h).
Vidi da li se kolje sa necim na IRQ5. Probaj tada da promenis na
neki drugi, rebutujes, izmenis u Windowsu, opet rebutujes...
SOFTVERSKI:instalacija ide kao i za sve ostale uredjaje...
Na NT4.0 je malo teze, ali snaci ces se... bitno je da dodas
adapter i u Bindings definises koje protokole koristi. Ako te
bude gnjavio sa TCP/IP, ubaci neku adresu. WINS i DHCP iskljuci.
E sad, kako to proveriti da li radi... Najjednostavnije i najbrze
je da ides na toj Win95 gde je proradilo na Start/Find/Computer,
pa ukucas ime onog racunara koji proveravas. Ako ga nadje, 99% je
Ok. Inace, trebalo bi i da u Network Neigborhood vidis 3 stanice,
ali tek posle nekoliko minuta dok se pronadju... Dakle, ako odmah
ne vidis nista u neigborhood, NE MORA da je greska. Inace, ime
racunara je bitno i treba ga davati sa logikom, jer svi mrezni
path-ovi ga koriste.
mreze.354gavrilpred,
Interesuje me misljenje nekog ko je imao iskustva sa
instalacijom Novell-a 4.11.
Naime u pratecoj dokumentaciji sa instalacionog CD-a (onog iz PC
press-a) kao minimalni hardverski zahtevi navode se disk od 1GB
i 20MB RAM memorije.
Velicina diska, pretpostavljam, pretstavlja neku optimalnu
vrednost obzirom na danasnje aplikacije, i verovatno nema
nikakve veze sa potrebama samog Novell-a, kome prema uputstvu
treba nekih 20MB prostora na NetWare particiji.
Ono sto me interesuje je STVARNO minimalna kolicina RAM
memorije. Posto je kod prethodniih verzija Novell-a velicina
RAM-a zavisila od velicine volumena i velicine blokova na disku,
da li je i ovde isti slucaj. Odnosno da li 20MB RAM-a
pretstavlja minimum za disk od 1GB, pa je shodno tome za manji
disk dovoljno i manje memorije.Tacnije, interesuje me da li je
486dx2 sa 8MB RAM-A i diskom od 540MB donvoljno za instalaciju?
mreze.355nenad,
Posle dužeg vremena Novell je poslednji kvartal završio sa
pozitivnim rezultatima, a izašla je i prva beta verzija NetWare-a
5.0 (code-name Moab). Glavne novosti su native TCP/IP i
integrisana Java virtualna mašina.
Novell bets the farm on NDS and Java strategy
Novell has released a beta version of NetWare 5.0, known as
Moab, but the company's future is as the premier supplier of
Java networks and directory-enabled services, said CEO Eric
Schmidt at Comdex in Las Vegas this week.
"By adding the ability to run Java applications, we can become
a significant midtier server player," Schmidt said. "[Java is]
the language of electronic commerce, and it will replace C and
C++."
During the next year, Novell will drive TCP/IP through its line
of offerings and port key products -- including BorderManager
-- to Windows NT Server and Unix platforms.
This beta version of NetWare 5.0, which is many months behind
schedule, will be followed next month by a fuller second beta,
Schmidt said.
A third beta version is due in early 1998, signaling a new
policy for Novell of sequentially delivering products rather
than shipping them in infrequent bursts. The final product is
expected in mid-1998.
"This first Moab beta doesn't yet have all the features and
services that will appear in the final product," said Michael
Simpson, marketing director at Novell. "This beta is primarily
for testing the native IP stuff."
NetWare 5.0's initial iteration includes a Java Virtual Machine
and Java Software Developer's Kit so developers can use Novell
as a construction platform.
Schmidt promised Comdex attendees that Java will run better on
Novell than any other vendor's server. He said Novell will seek
to create a universal container in its servers that, via Java
and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol, coordinates the functions of
disparate servers on one end and disparate clients on the
other.
"The Java strategy is a good one for Novell, particularly since
their prime competitor, Microsoft, obviously has a difficult
time proving itself as a Java enthusiast," said Mike Hurwicz,
an analyst at Patricia Seybold Group, in Boston. "However, they
will pale when compared to Java on Netscape or Sun."
Novell is also steering servers to multiple platforms.
"The same capabilities in NDS [Novell Directory Services] for
NT [due to ship in a couple of weeks] will be brought to NDS
for Unix," Simpson said. "We want seamless user account
management."
"It will be NDS against Microsoft directory service. Novell
shouldn't be counted out," said Jim Abel, an analyst at Resume
Software, in Austin, Texas.