Understanding the NetWare Client Software
The NetWare DOS Requester Architecture
Backwards Compatibility with NETX Applications
The NETX.VLM program provides backwards compatibility with NETX and other older versions of the shell. Therefore, you do not need to run NETX or other versions of the shell with the NetWare DOS Requester.
Nevertheless, because the NetWare DOS Requester is a redirector on the back end of DOS, it performs differently than the NetWare Shell software under specific conditions.
NOTE:See “Compatibility with NetWare Shell Parameters” under “NetWare DOS Requester Option,” in Chapter 2 of NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows Technical Reference for more information.
The following figure shows a comparison of the NETX and the NetWare
DOS Requester architectures.
NETX | DOS Requester |
NETX | NETX.VLM |
| DOS |
| NetWare DOS |
IPXODI | Requester |
DOS | |
| IPXODI |
Link | Link |
Support | Support |
Layer | Layer |
LAN | LAN |
driver | driver |
Network | Network |
board | board |
Figure | Comparison of NETX and NetWare DOS Requester Architecture |
The NetWare DOS Requester offers several improvements over NETX:
•Provides a modular architecture that has advantages for current and future