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Santa Clara, Calif.--3Com Corp. last week announced a new Simple Network Management Protocol-based software package designed to let users manage their networks down to the personal computer level.
3Com's LinkWatch will enable the company's plethora of Ethernet adapter cards to be managed via any SNMP-based management station supporting Management Information Base II, such as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s OpenView and SunConnect's SunNet Manager.
Using LinkWatch, a network manager can isolate errors affecting network performance and obtain data about each net node, such as the brand of PC or the end user's name and phone number. Net managers can also use the software to remotely turn a node on or off.
LinkWatch consists of three pieces: manageable Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) and Novell, Inc. NetWare driver software that resides on 3Com's adapter cards; a SoftHub/NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) that resides on a server running NetWare...