Technical information

Reviewer’s Guide Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 12
Integrated NetWare Connectivity
The Microsoft Client Services for NetWare allows a
Windows NT Workstation to access files, directories
and printers on a Novell® NetWare server. This is
shown in the picture at right. The Microsoft NWLink
IPX/SPX-compatible transport protocol provides
communications between a Windows NT
Workstation-based computer and a NetWare file and
print server. It supports user connectivity to files and
print queues on NetWare servers. This section covers
the basics on use of the Client Services for NetWare.
The NWLink IPX/SPX protocol also connects
Windows NT systems (both Windows NT
Workstation and Windows NT Server) with each
other and with computers running Windows™ for
Workgroups. In this case, the IPX/SPX protocol is
used as a simple network transport to carry NetBIOS
traffic. This enables usage of Windows NT in
networked environments where the network routers
are set to handle IPX and Novell NetBIOS traffic.
The IPX/SPX transport protocol is now the default
network transport for Windows NT Workstation and
Windows NT Server. This interoperability between
Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server
is shown here.
Windows NT Workstation also includes a NetWare
gateway for file and print sharing as shown at right.
This gateway functionality permits Microsoft
networking clients to access files and printers on
NetWare servers without having NetWare client
software loaded. The gateway acts as a translator
between Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB)
protocol and Novell’s NetWare Core Protocol (NCP).
Since configuration of this gateway can only be done
on a Windows NT Server by a network administrator,
configuring it as a gateway is detailed in the
documentation for Windows NT Server.
Windows NT Workstation
file/print access to Netware servers
Windows 3.1
IPX/SPX
Windows NT
Workstation
• NWCS
NetWare 3.12
File Server
Windows NT Server
• SQL Server
• NWLink (IPX/SPX )
Windows NT Server
as an Application Server
Windows NTS
Windows 3.1
• SQL Server
• NWLink (IPX/SPX )
• NetWare VLM
•ODBC (opt)
IPX/SPX
IPX/SPX
NetWare 3.12
File Server
No change to the NetWare clients
Windows NT Server
gateway to Netware servers
Windows 3.1
IPX/SPX
Windows NT
Workstation
TCP/IP or
NetBEUI
NetWare 3.12
File Server
Windows NTS
Gateway
•NWLink (IPX/SPX
and TCP/IP
or NetBEUI)
TCP/IP or
NetBEUI