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Chapter 4. Managing Clients
Examples of managing clients from the NT platform are shown in this chapter.
We tested the functionality of the TME 10 NetFinity Manager running under
Windows NT accessing the clients running under different operating systems.
The clients were on the following platforms:
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Windows NT 3.51
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Windows 95
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Windows 3.11
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OS/2 Warp
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OS/2 LAN Server
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NetWare 4.1
4.1 Installation and Configuration
The installation and configuration of the different clients is very similar. The
configuration, which has already been described in 1.3, “Installation under NT”
on page 3, shows all the steps for a complete installation of NetFinity clients.
Depending on the operating system and the supported LAN device drivers, there
might be a difference for the supported network protocols.
TME 10 NetFinity under Windows NT as well as under OS/2 supports the same
network protocols (TCP/IP, NetBIOS, IPX, and serial connections). There is no
limitation. You may use any of the protocols and connections that were already
described in 1.2, “Hardware and Software Requirements under NT” on page 1.
4.1.1 Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Installation
TME 10 NetFinity under Windows 95 supports all network protocols. There is no
limitation. This of course depends on the LAN device drivers, which have been
installed under Windows. For example if you have the NetWare for Windows
client installed and you have also defined NetBIOS from NetWare as a network
protocol, then this NetBIOS cannot be used for TME 10 NetFinity. Only IBM
NetBIOS and IBM-compatible NetBIOS is used. With IBM NetBIOS, TCP/IP, IPX,
serial device support and the Webabilty feature, there were no problems.
4.1.2 NetWare Installation
TME 10 NetFinity under NetWare supports TCP/IP and IPX as a network protocol
to access a NetWare server as a NetFinity client. The NetWare NetBIOS protocol
is not compatible with IBM NetBIOS protocol and therefore it cannot be used to
access a NetWare server. The Internet connection protocol might also be used
to access the server, but not directly, because to configure and access a
workstation using the Internet interface requires the TME 10 NetFinity Manager
product to be installed. For NetWare servers there is only the NetFinity Services
product available. The only way to access a NetWare server over the Internet is
going through another managing workstation, which is then connected to the
Internet.
The installation is done by running the NETFINST NLM on the NetWare 3.x or 4.x
server from the first NetFinity for NetWare diskette. The installation process
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