The IBM TCP/IP Connection Oct 20, 1992 Issue 92-05 The intent of this newsletter is to publicize items of interest for both IBM ____________________________________________________________________________ and customer personnel who have an interest in TCP/IP. Articles from devel- ____________________________________________________________________________ opment, marketing, and users are all eligible for inclusion in future issues. _____________________________________________________________________________ If you have an item of interest that you would like to have published please ____________________________________________________________________________ contact Alan Reinhold (8-352-3173 or 919-301-3173). To either order or get ___________________________________________________________________________ additional product information, contact your IBM Representative. ________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 1 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. 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: o 3174 APPN & APPC o Muriel Viale, dept 3003 La Gaude, (VIALE at LGEPROFS) 2 FUNCTION CHARTOS/2 V1.2.1 DOS V2.1 NETWORK SUPPORT-Base Kit ________________________ 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 CLIENT/SERVER APPLICATIONS-Base kit ___________________________________ 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 MANAGEMENT-Base Kit ___________________ SNMP (Agent/ManageA/M A NETSTAT Y Y PING Y Y X-Windows - Kit (OS/2) ______________________ Server Y --- Extended Networking - Kit (OS/2) ________________________________ X.25 Packet NetworkY --- Network File System - Kit _________________________ NFS Base C/S C MVSLOGIN Y Y PCNFSD -Password Y Y NETBIOS -Kit ____________ RFC1001/RFC1002 Y Y APPLICATION INTERFACES-TOOLKIT ______________________________ SOCKETS Y Y WINDOWS SOCKETS API-- Y RPC Y Y FTP API Y Y KERBEROS(AuthenicatYon) --- NCS (Network ComputYng) --- 3 4