Chapter 1 overview, What’s new with release 3.1 – USRobotics NETServer/8 User Manual

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Overview 1-1

Chapter 1

Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Total Control
NETServer/8 and NETServer/16. It also contains information
on what’s new in version 3.1 of the NETServer firmware.

What’s New with Release 3.1?

Release 3.1 supports the following new features:

Classless InterDomain Routing and Host-based routing via
the Netmask Table.

IP address spoofing.

Support for RADIUS accounting servers, ANI/DNIS, and
ICMP message logging.

Support for a secondary and a tertiary name server.

Randomized use of Default/Alternate Hosts for load
balancing.

New Modem Port Features

Additional Software Enhancements

NetBIOS over IPX support

PAP enable/disable

Pre-allocated system netbufs increased from 1000 to 1400

Rezero network statistics and session statistics saved until
next call

Unidirectional Van Jacobson compression

Users set to Prompt may specify a TCP port with the host
name or IP address when using Telnet

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