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    NetPort(R) I & II Print Servers: Network Operating System Compatibility

    Contents:

    • NOVELL
    • OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS
    • NETPORT(R) II PRINT SERVER AND NETWARE 4.X
    • NOVELL SFT III SERVER DOES NOT RESPOND TO "GET NEAREST SERVER" REQUESTS FROM NETPORT(R) SERVERS
    • LANSPOOL
    • LANDESK(R) MANAGER
    
    

    NOVELL

    
       The NetPort(R) print server has been tested and works with:
    
    
    
         *  ELS Novell NetWare 286 2.15
    
    
    
         *  Advanced Novell NetWare 286 2.12
    
    
    
         *  Advanced Novell NetWare 286 2.15
    
    
    
         *  Novell NetWare 286 SFT 2.15
    
    
    
         *  Novell NetWare v2.2
    
    
    
         *  Novell NetWare v3.0 and above
    
    
    
         *  Netware for Macintosh v3.01
    
    
    
       Note: The 2.1X and 2.2 versions of NetWare can run with the Novell
    
       PServer VAP (Value Added Process). The NetPort print server can be
    
       configured as a remote printer when running the VAP.
    
    
    
       Note: The NetPort print server does NOT operate on ELS level I v2.12,
    
       NetWare Lite, or Portable NetWare.
    
    
    
       Note: The 3.x versions of NetWare can run with the Novell Print Server
    
       NLM (NetWare Loadable Module). The NetPort print server can be
    
       configured as a remote printer when running the NLM.
    
    
    
       Note: An Apple Macintosh can print to a NetPort if the file server is
    
       running NetWare for Mac NLM version 3.01 (early versions of Netware for
    
       MAC did NOT work) and the NetPort is in remote printer mode.  Previous
    
       to version 3.01, only a AppleTalk print server could service print jobs
    
       sent from a Macintosh.
    
    
    
    

    OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS

    
       The only network operating system (NOS) NetPort works with is NetWare. 
    
       All others including Lan Manager, UNIX (TCP/IP), Banyan Vines, Lan
    
       Server, DEC Pathworks, Sun, Portable NetWare and NetWare Lite are NOT
    
       compatible with NetPort(R).
    
    
    
    

    NETPORT(R) II PRINT SERVER AND NETWARE 4.X

    
       We have done initial testing with the NetPort(R) II print server and
    
       NetWare 4.x.  These tests indicate that the NetPort II server in print
    
       server mode will work with NetWare 4.x in bindery emulation mode. 
    
       Installation requires a few additional steps.   For step by step
    
       instructions on how to install a NetPort II print server with NetWare
    
       4.x  document 6032 is available through Intel's online services. The
    
       NetPort II print server was designed for use with NetWare 2.x and 3.x,
    
       therefore, Intel makes no claim that all functionalities of the NetPort
    
       print server will work with NetWare 4.x.
    
    
    
       Intel's current plan is to support NetWare 4.x directory services with
    
    
    
       the NetportExpress print server product line only.
    
    
    
    

    NOVELL SFT III SERVER DOES NOT RESPOND TO "GET NEAREST SERVER" REQUESTS FROM NETPORT(R) SERVERS

    
       Symptom
    
       Novell SFT III server does not respond to "get nearest server" requests
    
       from NetPort(R) servers.
    
    
    
       Description
    
       SFT III is designed to not reply to "get nearest server" requests.
    
    
    
       Solution
    
       If the customer only has an SFT III server for the NetPort server to
    
       use, they will need to load an NLM on the SFT III server called
    
       REPLYFIX.NLM. This NLM will force the SFT III server to respond to "get
    
       nearest server" requests. The REPLYFIX.NLM is in an SFT III update file
    
       called SFTIT1.EXE located in the NSD forum on NetWire. This is a hidden
    
       file and the customer will need to know the name to download it.
    
    
    
    

    LANSPOOL

    
       LANSpool is a software print spooling application which is a solution
    
       for people using their own hardware.  It requires installing a LANSpool
    
       VAP/NLM onto the file server plus software onto a user's workstation
    
       which then becomes a print server.  The printer is directly attached to
    
       that user's computer. NetPort(R) can coexist on the same file server as
    
       LANSpool, but it can't connect to the Lanspool printer VAP or NLM.
    
    
    
    

    LANDESK(R) MANAGER

    
       LANDesk(R) Manager can execute NPAdmin.  This means NPAdmin will be
    
       running under Windows.  The only problem with this is the updating of
    
       NetPorts(R). NetPort flash updates fail when run from Windows and may
    
       cause the NetPort to become unusable.  There will be a new version of
    
       NPAdmin that will NOT permit an update from Windows.  It will return a
    
       message to run NPAdmin from DOS when doing an update of a NetPort.
    
    

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