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Chapter 4 - RouterView Software Installation
All of the routers in DCB’s multiprotocol family, can be managed from a single management platform called RouterView. Both a Windows and a Macintosh version of RouterView were included with your BR Router.
vNote: Although the installation procedures for the Windows and Macintosh versions of RouterView are slightly different, the programs themselves are virtually identical. Once you have installed RouterView on the platform of your choice, you can find more information on how to use it in the RouterView Reference Guide which was included with your router.
RouterView for Windows
RouterView for Windows allows you to manage the BR Router from an IBM- compatible PC running Windows 3.1, Windows for WorkGroups, Windows 95, or Windows NT. The PC can either be configured as an IPX client on a Novell NetWare internet, or as an IP WinSock client on an IP internet.
System Requirements
In order to successfully run RouterView for Windows, you need:
•IBM PC or compatible w/ 386 or later processor
•Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, or Windows NT installed
•VGA or better monitor
And an IPX configuration or an IP configuration (or both) consisting of:
•A Windows 3.1 Novell IPX client configuration, using IPXODI.COM - or -
A Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, or Windows NT machine running IPX/SPX Compatible Transport
•A WinSock client configuration on an IP network
vNote: The “IPX 101” appendix to the RouterView Reference Guide contains some tips on getting Novell’s IPX ODI running on your Windows client machine.
vNote: To choose the active transport protocol on a Windows machine which has both IPX and IP installed, select “Options” from the Administration menu and click the appropriate radio button.