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- The IBM TCP/IP Connection
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- Oct 20, 1992
- Issue 92-05
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- The intent of this newsletter is to publicize items of interest for both IBM
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- and customer personnel who have an interest in TCP/IP. Articles from devel-
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- opment, marketing, and users are all eligible for inclusion in future issues.
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- If you have an item of interest that you would like to have published please
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- contact Alan Reinhold (8-352-3173 or 919-301-3173). To either order or get
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- additional product information, contact your IBM Representative.
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- IBM ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCT FOR By providing a consistent Windows
- WINDOWS graphical interface, IBM TCP/IP
- Version 2.1 simplifies the way a
- WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1992 . customer performs a typical TCP/IP
- . . IBM today made it even easier task, such as a file transfer or
- for customers to link different remote printing. This helps busi-
- types of computers in evolving nesses be more productive because
- "multivendor" networks. With a new users don't have to remember compli-
- release of TCP/IP for DOS with cated commands. The TCP/IP Windows
- Windows support, users of the interface provides "point-and-click"
- popular program can now reap the for selecting applications, "drag-
- benefits of TCP/IP and access appli- and-drop" for easy manipulation of
- cations and data running on other objects, on-line help, and the
- computers throughout an enterprise. ability to tailor screens.
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- The new DOS release of TCP/IP fea- Printers, for example, can be
- tures easy-to-use graphical inter- defined as icons, and files can be
- faces, client/server-based Windows printed simply by dragging and drop-
- TCP/IP applications, and DOS-based ping the file to a specific printer
- TCP/IP applications. Client/server icon. Customers who don't use
- applications make it possible for Windows can also use the new TCP/IP
- desktop users to get any information release because it supports
- they need -- wherever it is stored DOS-based TCP/IP applications as
- -- and share it with other users who well.
- have different kinds of computers.
- Other highlights of this release
- TCP/IP Version 2.1 for DOS extends include:
- IBM's TCP/IP offerings to all three
- major desktop platforms -- OS/2, DOS o Efficient use of memory so more
- and now Windows -- so customers can desktop applications can run
- get TCP/IP in any form they need. concurrently with TCP/IP;
- This release joins IBM's wide range
- of TCP/IP products, which also o Industry standards such as the
- includes support for MVS, VM, the Windows Sockets application pro-
- AIX family, OS/400 and the gramming interface for inte-
- System/88, as well as the IBM 3174 gration with applications from
- Telnet and the IBM 6611 Network other vendors
- Processor.
- o Simple Network Management Pro-
- tocol (SNMP) to manage desktop
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- computers. This support ful- o Multivendor Network Management
- fills a statement of direction AIX NetView/6000
- made in September 1991.
- o NetView V2 R3
- TCP/IP Version 2.1 for DOS will be
- available on Jan. 29, 1993. Refer o Network Carrier Interconnect
- to announcement A92-961 for detail
- and to the PRICES database for o Lan Network Manager V1.1 and
- prices. Volume discounts are avail- LANfocus Management/2
- able.
- In addition, Sanjiv Ahuja product
- INTEROP '92 -SAN FRANCISCO OCTOBER manager for the AIX NetView/6000
- 15 will be presenting "Multivendor
- Network Management - NV/6000" on Oct
- IBM will be participating in the 28 from 2:00 to 2:50 pm, and Tom
- upcoming INTEROP Fall '92 Business Hadley, Networking Systems Con-
- Show. The INTEROP exhibition will sultant will present "Intelligent
- be open October 28-30 and will be Closets and Smart Hubs", on Oct 29
- held at the Moscone Convention from 2:00 to 2:50 pm.
- Center in San Francisco.
- TCP/IP MVS V2R2 DEMO NOW AVAILABLE
- The IBM booth will feature a combi- IN LA GAUDE
- nation of multivendor, multiprotocol
- and Open Systems solutions. Demon- The La Gaude Open Systems Competence
- strations of Networking products and Services TCP/IP demonstration
- that integrate new telecommuni- network is now hooked to the world-
- cations technologies and implement wide IBM TCP/IP network, and can be
- new application models such as DCE accessed from any TCP/IP workstation
- and APPC will be shown at the booth. on the network. TCP/IP MVS V2R2 use
- Highlighted will be: a 3172 Interconnect Controller and a
- SUN workstation, an AIX RS/6000, and
- o TCP/IP products - workstations OS/2 workstation are available on
- and host the local network.
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- o 6611 Router - including an APPN One of the demonstrations is a
- technology demonstration remote Printing demo and a a user's
- guide is available from:
- o FDDI and Frame Relay Solutions
- -RouteXpander/2, 6611 and IDNX o Michel Peyraud, dept 3003 La
- Gaude (PEYRAUD at LGEPROFS)
- o Local Area Hubs - including the
- 8250 A user's guide is also available
- from La Gaude, describing how easy
- o PCMCIA adapters for T-R, the IBM TCP/IP product on OS/2 is to
- Ethernet and Coax install. For information contact:
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- o 3174 APPN & APPC o Muriel Viale, dept 3003 La
- Gaude, (VIALE at LGEPROFS)
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- FUNCTION CHARTOS/2 V1.2.1 DOS V2.1
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- NETWORK SUPPORT-Base Kit
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- Token-Ring Y Y
- Ethernet/IEEE802.3 Y Y
- PC Network Y Y
- Serial -SLIP Y Y
- COAX (3270 Cable) Y Y
- NDIS -Access Y Y
- Routing - RIP Y Y
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- CLIENT/SERVER APPLICATIONS-Base kit
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- FTP (File TransferC/S C/S
- TELNET (terminal) C/S C
- 3270 C C
- VT100 C/S C
- VT200 C C
- SMTP (Mail) C/S C/S
- LPR/LPD (Print) C/S C/S
- REXEC(remote CommaC/S C
- RSH/RSHD C/S C
- RCOPY --- Y
- BOOTP/D C/S C
- FINGER Y Y
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- MANAGEMENT-Base Kit
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- SNMP (Agent/ManageA/M A
- NETSTAT Y Y
- PING Y Y
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- X-Windows - Kit (OS/2)
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- Server Y ---
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- Extended Networking - Kit (OS/2)
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- X.25 Packet NetworkY ---
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- Network File System - Kit
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- NFS Base C/S C
- MVSLOGIN Y Y
- PCNFSD -Password Y Y
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- NETBIOS -Kit
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- RFC1001/RFC1002 Y Y
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- APPLICATION INTERFACES-TOOLKIT
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- SOCKETS Y Y
- WINDOWS SOCKETS API-- Y
- RPC Y Y
- FTP API Y Y
- KERBEROS(AuthenicatYon) ---
- NCS (Network ComputYng) ---
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