| Feature | Novell's intraNetWare Client for Windows 95 | Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks |
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Installation and Configuration Features |
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| Extreme ease of use | No |
Yes |
| Control Panel setup | Yes | Yes |
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Installation program/setup wizard |
Yes | No (Control Panel only) |
| Automatic client update (ACU) service | Yes | No |
| Number of definable parameters | 43 | 4 |
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Login Features |
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| Customizable user interface |
Yes |
No |
| Log in to multiple trees simultaneously | Yes | No |
| Choose login script while logging in | Yes | No |
| Browse Novell Directory Services (NDS) tree and context | Yes (usernames, servers, trees, and context) | Yes (servers, trees, and context) |
| Log in to Windows NT or Windows 95 running Microsoft's NetWare 3/2.2 emulation | No | Yes |
| Simultaneous login to NDS and NDS for NT | Yes | No |
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Management Features |
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| Display NDS tree in Network Neighborhood, Explorer, or other multitree-aware interfaces |
Yes |
No (NDS shown as a domain) |
| Manage file access rights from Network Neighborhood or Explorer | Yes | No |
| Novell Application Launcher (NAL) support | Yes | No |
| NetWare Administrator (NWADMIN) utility support | Yes | Yes (with intraNetWare Client DLLs; rename NETWARE.001) |
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Autoreconnect Features |
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| Reconnect to servers | Yes | Yes |
| Reconnect and authenticate to NDS tree | Yes | No |
| Reconnect drive mappings | Yes | Yes |
| Reestablish open file and file lock states with server | Yes | No |
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Advanced Features |
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| Advanced NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) support | Yes | No |
| 16-bit Open Data-link Interface (ODI) and Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) 3.1 support | Yes | Yes |
| 32-bit ODI driver support | Yes | No |
| 16-bit NetWare client application program interface (API) libraries | Yes | Yes |
| 32-bit NetWare client API libraries | Yes | No |
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Protocol Features |
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| IPX/SPX support | Yes | Yes |
| TCP/IP support | Yes | Yes |
| Large Internet Packet (LIP) support | Yes | No |
| NetWare/IP 2.1 or higher support | Yes | No |
| Packet signing support | Yes | No |
| Packet burst support | Yes | Yes |