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NetWare proliferated very rapidly during the late 80s and was common on most networks I used into the mid 1990s. Their file server product was stable and easy t

NetWare proliferated very rapidly during the late 80s and was common on most networks I used into the mid 1990s. Their file server product was stable and easy to configure, and worked very well with nearly every client out there using the fast IPX/SPX protocol. However, by the mid 1990s it was clear that Windows NT and the TCP/IP protocol of the Internet would soon make Novell and NetWare fade into the sunset.

ta1243 2y ago
Netware 4 I think was dubbed "intranetware" and had some form of IP support. We had netware at school in about 93-96 with windows 3.1 running on diskless clients. Netwars was a key component of this. I think Windows 95 and "intranetware 4" came in either summer 96 or summer 97. By 98 or 99 we had some ISDN internet connectivity, I assume via a proxy running on the netware server. Internet access was still ISDN based when I left in summer 2000.
- efitz 2y ago
  I was excited when I upgraded my NetWare 3.11 servers to NetWare 4, installed the TCP/IP update, and went to enable it. Then, I saw the UX. You had to configure IP addresses as dotted HEX quads. It was pretty obvious that someone at Novell fundamentally didn’t get it.
  - linker3000 2y ago
    I don't remember that. I do remember that with 2.12 and 2.15 I occasionally had to use a hex editor on disk drive-related files to make the drives work with certain hardware. I also recall having to key-in hard drive defect tables as part of the install.
- lproven 2y ago
  > Netware 4 I think was dubbed "intranetware" and had some form of IP support. No. You have the timing about right but not the version number. Netware 4 was still based around IPX/SPX; the big new feature was a network-wide directory server, called NDS, for distributed authentication. IntraNetware was specifically NetWare 4.11, with improved TCP/IP integration, an Internet-standards email server, and a web server so it could host LAN-internal intranet websites. https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1996/08/pr96151.html https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1996/08/pr96151.ht... > Netwars was a key component of this. Was that a typo for "Netware"? Netwars was a different thing: a game that ran on Netware networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWars
  - ta1243 2y ago
    No it wasn't a typo. Netwars was the most important part of the provision we had at school as it kept us sane in the "this term we're going to write a letter" lessons. The webserver was a key thing in later years too -- as you could put an <img src='c:/con/con'> on the homepage, immense fun.
    - lproven 2y ago
      :-D

ta1243 2y ago

Netware 4 I think was dubbed "intranetware" and had some form of IP support. We had netware at school in about 93-96 with windows 3.1 running on diskless clients. Netwars was a key component of this. I think Windows 95 and "intranetware 4" came in either summer 96 or summer 97. By 98 or 99 we had some ISDN internet connectivity, I assume via a proxy running on the netware server. Internet access was still ISDN based when I left in summer 2000.

efitz 2y ago
I was excited when I upgraded my NetWare 3.11 servers to NetWare 4, installed the TCP/IP update, and went to enable it. Then, I saw the UX. You had to configure IP addresses as dotted HEX quads. It was pretty obvious that someone at Novell fundamentally didn’t get it.
- linker3000 2y ago
  I don't remember that. I do remember that with 2.12 and 2.15 I occasionally had to use a hex editor on disk drive-related files to make the drives work with certain hardware. I also recall having to key-in hard drive defect tables as part of the install.
lproven 2y ago
> Netware 4 I think was dubbed "intranetware" and had some form of IP support. No. You have the timing about right but not the version number. Netware 4 was still based around IPX/SPX; the big new feature was a network-wide directory server, called NDS, for distributed authentication. IntraNetware was specifically NetWare 4.11, with improved TCP/IP integration, an Internet-standards email server, and a web server so it could host LAN-internal intranet websites. https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1996/08/pr96151.html https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1996/08/pr96151.ht... > Netwars was a key component of this. Was that a typo for "Netware"? Netwars was a different thing: a game that ran on Netware networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWars
- ta1243 2y ago
  No it wasn't a typo. Netwars was the most important part of the provision we had at school as it kept us sane in the "this term we're going to write a letter" lessons. The webserver was a key thing in later years too -- as you could put an <img src='c:/con/con'> on the homepage, immense fun.
  - lproven 2y ago
    :-D