PERSONAL NETWARE NETWARE LITE LANTASTIC 5.0 WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS 3.11
Personal NetWare is the ideal network operating system for small businesses and for workgroups in larger businesses and enterprise-wide networks. It╒s easy to use, install, administer and manage. And Personal NetWare has more of the features you need than any other peer-to-peer network operating system on the market.
Key Features Personal NetWare LANtastic Microsoft
NetWare Lite 5.0 WFW 3.11
Ease of Use
Single-Network View Yes Yes No No
Shared resources can be
moved easily Yes Yes No No
Single login controls
access to resources on
all servers Yes Yes No No
Single login to Personal
NetWare & NetWare serversYes No No No
Management & Administration
Distributed & synchronized
network object database Yes No No No
Diagnostic console Yes No No No
Server instrumented for
SNMP alerts Yes No No No
SNMP agent Yes No No No
Server reboot warning Yes Yes Yes No
MS Windows Support
Runs with or without MS
Windows Yes Yes Yes No
Both DOS & MS Windows user
utilities Yes Yes Yes No
Connect DOS and MS Windows
users on same network Yes Yes Yes Yes 1
DOS users are equal on
network Yes Yes Yes No
Scalability
Universal Network Client Yes No No No
Ability to add NetWare
servers seamlessly Yes No No No
Common interface for
Personal NetWare and
NetWare access Yes No No No
Security
Audit trails Yes Yes Yes No
User-based security Yes Yes Yes No
Forced periodic password
changes Yes Yes Yes No
Two-tiered security system Yes Yes No No
Group user rights Yes No Yes No
Supports all NetWare rights
transparently Yes No No No
Encrypted passwords Yes Yes Yes No
Restricted login times Yes No Yes No
Printing
Despool multiple printers
simultaneously Yes Yes Yes No
Immediate despooling Yes Yes Yes No
Monitoring of NetWare print
queues Yes No No No
1 Separate utility allows connection of DOS nodes, but as clients only. Utility available with documentation for $49.95; will be available on Compuserve at no charge, but with no documentation.
Copyright 1993 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved.
Novell, NetWare and the Novell logo are registered trademarks and NetWare Lite, Personal NetWare and Single-Network View are trademarks of Novell, Inc.
* LANtastic is a registered trademark of Artisoft, Inc. Microsoft Windows for Workgroups is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.