Stackpole, Bill wrote:
> Quarterdeck's IWARE is one of the best. I you also need to implement a
> firewall you might look at Novell's BorderManager.
I've played with BorderManager as well and it is okay if you live in the
NetWare world. It does add some additional functionality but NetWare 4.11
will act as an IPX to IP gateway right out of the box.
> I've also had
> occasion to work with Firefox and the Cisco product too. IWARE is NLM
> based and requires no special changes to the clients. They just
> implement a new winsock DLL. I have notice that this can cause some
> problems on workstations running other software that uses Microsoft's
> standard DLL, for instance the back up tape system.
Great point! This is probably true to an extent with any IPX-->IP product.
All modify the winsock so it will speak over IPX. Some do a better job of
compatibility than others.
Cheers,
Chris
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