Here's a list, compiled by consulting firm Network Associates of Santa Barbara, California, of NetWare-specific and NetWare-compatible utilities and tools. This is not an exhaustive listing, but it should give you at least a few options in each category which you may want to pursue. Network Associates is a leading marketing and communications consulting firm specializing in the networking market. From their offices in Orem Utah, Santa Barbara California and Vienna Austria Network Associates serves some of most successful networking firms. Clients include Novell, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Symantec, Peter Norton Computing and a host of others. For further information, contact us at 1-801-225-7888 (voice) or 1-801-225-8875 (facsimile). ANTI-VIRUS UTILITIES Clean-up Viruscan McAfee Associates 4423 Cheeney Street Santa Clara, CA 95054 (408) 988-3832 Disinfectant Gatekeeper Vaccine (Available from on-line services or through users groups) Flu Shot + Software Concepts Design 594 Third Ave. New York, NY 10016 (212) 889-6438 BACKUP PROGRAMS Data Library Advanced Digital Information Corp. P.O. Box 2996 Redmond, WA 98073 (206) 881-8804 FileSECURE Tallgrass Technologies, Inc. 111000 West 82nd Street Lenexa, KS 66214 (800) 825-4727 MaynStream Maynard Electronics 460 East Semoran Blvd. Casselberry, FL 32707 (800) 237-4929 NOV-XX000 Series Emerald Systems 12230 World Trade Drive San Diego, CA 92128 (800) 767-7267 BIOS The BIOS available from Award Software is a good, general-purpose BIOS that will work with file servers running nondedicated NetWare. Award Software, Inc. 130 Knowles Drive Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408) 370-7979 BOOT ROMS CERTIFIED FOR NETWARE v2.1x The following companies manufacture boot ROMs certified to run the Remote Reset feature of NetWare 286. Acer 5279 (for the Acer 5270 board) Acer Technologies 401 Charcot Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 (408) 922-0333 ARCnet (for the SMC PC, PC-100, and PC 110 boards) (also for the Novell RX-Net boards) 3C501 (for 3Com 3C501 boards assembly 345, 780 and 1221) 3Station (for 3Com 3Station boards) NE1000 (for Novell NE1000 boards) NE/2 (for Novell NE/2 boards) NE2000 (for Novell NE2000 boards) PCN II (for IBM PC Netword II boards) Token-Ring (for IBM Token-Ring boards) PC-Terminal (for PC-Terminal boards) Novell, Inc. 122 East 1700 South Provo, UT 84601 (801) 429-5900 Ethernet (for the AST Ethernet board) Ethernode (for the AST Ethernode board) AST Research 2121 Alton Pkwy. Irvine, CA 92714 (714) 863-1333 NE1000RPL (for use with the Wyse WY212M terminal) Wyse 3571 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 433-1000 Pronet-4 (for Pronet-4 boards) Proteon Inc. Two Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 (617) 898-2800 WD8003E (for WD8003E boards) Western Digital 2445 McCabe Way Irvine, CA 92714 (800) 638-5323 CABLE TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING The following products can help you test for and troubleshoot problems with the network cabling system. Emonitor ARCmonitor Brightwork Development Inc. 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 LAN Specialist Cabletron Cabletron Industrial Park 10 Main Steet, Box 6257 E. Rochester, NH 03867 (603) 332-9400 DATA COMPRESSION UTILITIES Apart from their data compression capabilities, these utilities can generate check sums to help you compare two files when checking for viruses. ARC System Enhancement Associates 21 New Street Wayne, NJ 07470 (416) 630-0200 PKZIP PK Ware 7545 North Port Washington Road, Suite 205 Glendale, WI 53217-3422 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS ARCmonitor Plus E Monitor Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 Cable Scanner Microtest 3519 East Shea Blv. Suite 134 Phoenix, AZ 85028 (602) 971-6464 Frye Utilities NetWare Early Warning System Frye Computer Systems, Inc. 200 Clarendon St. Boston, MA 02116 (617) 247-2300 HP4972 A Hewlett Packard 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 943094 (415) 857-1501 LAN Alert Network Computing Inc. 1950 Stemmons Freeway Ste. 3016 Dallas, TX 75201 LANAlyzer Novell 122 East 1700 South Provo, Utah 84606 (801) 429-5900 NetWare Care NetVision Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 Network Inspector Tiara Computer Systems 1091 Shoreline Blv. Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 965-1700 Monitrix Cheyenne Software, Inc. 55 Bryant Ave. Roslyn, NY 11576 (516) 484-5110 Sniffer WatchDog Network General Corp. 4200 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 (800) 952-6300 DISK MANAGEMENT Disk Manager-N Ontrack Computer Systems Inc. 6321 Bury Drive #15-19 Edden Prarie, MN 55346 (800) 752-1333 Disk + Ultinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 DriveOn Doctor Debug Software 1950 Stemmons Freeway Ste. 3016 Dallas, TX 75201 (800) 736-4949 (214) 746-4949 File Wizard Knozall Systems 375 E. Elliot Road, Ste. 10 Chandler, AZ 85225-1130 (800) 333-8698 (602) 545-0006 Lomax Utilities J.A. Lomax Associates 659 Adrienne Street Suite 101 Novato, CA 94945 (415) 892-9606 LT Stat+ Blue Lance 1700 East Loop South Suite 700 Houston, TX 77027 (713) 680-1187 Map Assist Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 NetBack Cheyenne Software Inc. 55 Bryant Ave. Roslyn, NY 11576 (516) 484-5110 NETreports Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 NetUtils Ontrack Computer Systems, Inc. 6321 Bury Drive #15-19 Edden Prarie, MN 55346 (800) 752-1333 Spider Analyzer Spider Systems 12 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01803 (617) 270-3510 TXD Thomas Conrad Corporation 1908-R Kramer Lane Austin, TX 78758 (512) 836-1935 EXPERT SHELL/FILE MANAGER Lan Director Athena Software 4915 Twin Lakes Road #19 Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 530-0693 Norton Commander Peter Norton Group/Symantec 2210 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90403 (213) 319-2000 PC Tools Deluxe Central Point Software 15220 NW Greenbrier Pkwy, Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006 (503) 690-8090 (800) 888-9199 Saber File Manager Saber Software Corp. P.O. Box 9088 Dallas, TX 98209 (214) 361-8086 XTreeNet XTree Company 4330 Santa Fe Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 541-0604 FILE/DISK MANAGEMENT UTILITIES These utilities help you manage directores and files on NetWare volumes: File Wizard Knozall Systems 375 E. Elliot Road, Ste. 10 Chandler, AZ 85225-1130 (800) 333-8698 (602) 545-0006 Navigate Performance Technology 800 Lincoln Center San Antonio, TX 78230 (512) 349-2000 XTreeNet XTree Company 4300 Santa Fe Rd. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (800) 634-5545 MEMORY-RESIDENT TEXT EDITOR You can use this utility to develop customized help screens for your network menu system: Sidekick Borland International 1700 Green Hills Rd. Scotts VAlley, CA 95066-0001 (800) 543-7543 MENU SYSTEMS The following menu systems are compatible with NetWare: LANScope Connect Computer Company 9855 West 78th St. #270 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (612) 944-0181 LANShell Network Enhancements Unit, Intel Corp. 300 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10010 (801) 379-2200 Saber Menu Saber Software Corp. P.O. Box 9088 Dallas, TX 98209 (214) 361-8086 Windows Workstation Automated Design Systems, Inc. 375 Northridge Rd., Suite 270 Atlanta, GA 30350 (800) 366-2552 (404) 394-2191 Direct Net Delta Technology International 1621 Westgate Road Eau Claire, WI 54703 (715) 832-7575 (800) 242-6368 FRYE Utilities for Networks Frye Computer Systems, Inc. 200 Clarendon St. Boston, MA 02116 (617) 247-2300 LANScope Connect Computer Company 9855 West 78th St. #270 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (612) 944-0181 Le Menu Bartel Software, Inc. 948 East 7145 South, Suite C-101 Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 566-5544 (800) 777-6368 MarxMenu Computer Tyme, Inc. 216 South Glenstone Springfield, MO 65802 (800) 548-5353 MHS-COMPATIBLE E-MAIL PROGRAMS These e-mail packages are compatible with Novell's Message Handling Service (MHS): DaVinci Email DaVinci Systems Corp. 4200 Six Forks Rd. Ste. 200 Raleigh, NC 27609 (800) 326-3556 (919) 781-5924 Network Scheduler II (NSII is an MHS-compatible group scheduling package that operates by itself, or in conjunction with the user's choice of electronic mail.) PowerCore Inc. One Diversatech Dr. P.O. Box 756 Manteno, IL 60950-0756 (800) 237-4754 (815) 458-3737 Notework E-Mail Notework Corp. 72 Kent St. Brookline, MA 02146 (800) 767-6683 (617) 738-5295 Right Hand Man Futurus 3131 N. 1-10 Service Rd. Ste. 401 Metarie, LA 70002 (800) 327-8296 PostMark E-Mail LANSMITH 406 Lincolnwood Place Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (800) 522-4567 (805) 687-1271 WordPerfect Office WordPerfect Corp. 1555 N. Technology Way Orem, UT 84057 (800) 321-4566 PRINT SERVER PRODUCTS The followiong print server programs allow you to offload network printing from the file server to another personal computer on the network. LANSmart for Novell D-Link Systems Inc. 5 Musick Irvine, CA 92718 (714) 455-1688 LANSpool Network Enhancements Unit, Intel Corp. 300 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10010 (801) 379-2200 LANSprint Digital Products, Inc. 108 Water St. Watertown, MA 02172 (617) 924-1680 NetPort Intel Corp. CO3-07 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy. Hillboro, OR 97124 (800) 538-3373 Network Assistant Island Network Assistant Plus 3rd Pianet Software, Inc. 9819 National Blvd. Suite #2 Los Angeles, CA 90034 (213) 841-2260 Print+ Ultinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 Printer Assist Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 PS-Print PS-Publish PS-Server PS-Station Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 Spool+ Ultinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 PROTOCOL ANALYZERS Protocol analyzers can help in diagnosing and troubleshooting problems with network cabling and packet transmissions: LANalyzer Novell, Inc. LANalyzer Products Division 2180 Fortune Dr. San Jose, CA 95131 (800) 392-3526 The Sniffer Network General Corporation 4200 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 (800) 952-6300 QUEUE CONTROL Network Assistant VAP/NLM 3rd Planet Software, Inc. 9819 National Blvd. Suite #2 Los Angeles, CA 90034 213-841-2260 PS-Print PS-User Queue-It! Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 522-9876 (201) 530-0440 Q Assist Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 Queue+ Ulitinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 Saber Print Manager Saber Software Corp. P.O. Box 9088 Dallas, TX 98209 (214) 361-8086 Windows Workstation Print Automated Design Systems, Inc. 375 Northridge Rd., Suite 270 Atlanta, GA 30350 (800) 366-2552 (404) 394-2191 REMOTE WORKSTATION ACCESS UTILITIES These utilities allow you to take over and control any workstation on the network from your own workstation: Close-Up/LAN Norton-Lambert P.O. Box 4085 Santa Barbara, CA 93140 (805) 964-6767 LAN Assist Plus Fresh Technology 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 LANSight Intel Corp. Network Enhancements Unit 300 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10010 (801) 379-2200 Netmanager Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 522-9876 (201) 530-0440 NETremote+ Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 522-9876 (201) 530-0440 Remote Access Ultinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 REPORT AND AUDIT TRAIL UTILITIES These utiltities produce network usage reports and provide an audit trail of logins, logouts, and other important network activities: BindView+ The LAN Support Group Inc. 2425 Fountainview, Ste. 390 Houston, TX 77057 (713) 789-0882 Lomax Network Management Report Utilities J.A. Lomax Associates 695 DeLong Ave., Suite 130 Novato, CA 94947 (415) 892-9606 LT Auditor Blue Lance P.O. Box 430546 Houston, TX 77243 (713) 680-1187 NETreports Brightwork Development, Inc. 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 SOFTWARE METERING Saber Meter Saber Software Corp. P.O. Box 9088 Dallas, TX 98209 (214) 361-8086 SiteLock Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 522-9876 (201) 530-0440 TurnStyle Connect Computer Company 9855 West 78th St. #270 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (612) 944-0181 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS The following UPS systems are designed particularly for use with Novell file servers: Benchmark Series Viteq Corp. 10000 Aerospace Road Lanham, MD 20706 (301) 731-0400 FailSafe IPS Elgar Electronics 9250 Brown Deer Road San Diego, CA 92021 (609) 450-0085 ONGUARD Clary Corp. 320 West Clary Ave. San Gavriel, CA 91776 (818) 287-6111 UPS 800 RT American Power Conservation P.O Box 3723 Peace Dale, RI 02883 (401) 789-5735 OTHER NETWARE-SPECIFIC UTILITIES Batch Console (Batch Console simplifies management of the user login environment.) Knozall Systems 375 E. Elliot Rd., Ste. 10 Chandler, AZ 85225-1130 800 333-8698 BindView+ (Bindview is a NetWare report generator you can use to create custom reports on performance, security, LAN access, and other network operation statistics.) The LAN Support Group Inc. 2425 Fountainview, Ste. 390 Houston, TX 77057 (713) 789-0882 Chat Access Ultinet 9724 Washington Blvd. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 204-0111 Fresh Utilities Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 LANSelect (LANSelect is an application switcher.) LANSpace (LANSpace allows you to move the NetWare workstation shell and IPX files into high memory.) Network Enhancements Unit, Intel Corp. 300 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10010 (801) 379-2200 Modem Assist Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200 Net-Aware (Net-Aware helps make applications run more smoothly on a NetWare LAN.) LANSMITH 406 Lincolnwood Place Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (805) 687-1271 (800) 522-4567 Norton Utilities v5.0 Peter Norton Group/Symantec 2210 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90403 (213) 319-2000 Origen (Origen speeds the task of creating new user accounts) Preferred Systems Inc. 15 River Road Ste. 300 Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 761-7333 PS-Batch Brightwork Development 766 Shrewsbury Ave. Jerral Center West Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (800) 552-9876 (201) 530-0440 QEMM Quarterdeck 150 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 392-9851 Remote Console Secure-It Fresh Technology Group 1478 North Tech Blv. Suite 101 Gilbert, AZ 85234 (602) 497-4200