Microsoft Remote Access Version Features

The following tables list the most important features of all RAS server and client versions that were released before October 1995. The first table lists the features of RAS server versions; the second table lists the features of RAS client versions.

Table E.5 RAS Server Versions





RAS version



Proprietary MS Protocol support

PPP support (protocols tunneled through PPP Protocol)

SLIP support (protocols tunneled through SLIP Protocol)





Medium

RAS 1.0

AsyBEUI 1

No

No

Serial

RAS 1.1 (no 1.1a available)

AsyBEUI

No

No

Serial; X.25

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 "Point-to-Point Server"; Supports only access to its own resources

NetBEUI, which is backward compatible with AsyBEUI

No, but third-party PPP TCP/IP software is available

No

Serial; ISDN; No internal X.25 board support

RAS for Windows NT 3.1

Uses NBF 2

No

No

Serial; ISDN; X.25

RAS for Windows NT 3.1

Uses NBF

No

No

Serial; ISDN; X.25





Flow control support



Highest tested bps rate for modems (not ISDN lines)


Number of simultaneous RAS ports (incoming calls) supported




Types of modems tested

No

9600 bps

16 ports

Analog; Null Modem

No

9600 bps (V.32) 3

16 ports (13 with x.25 card)

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

19200 bps (using V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis)

1 port only (RAS client may access only server's local drives. No network access)

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

57600 bps (using V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis)

1 port only

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

57600 bps (using V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis)

64 ports

Analog; Null Modem






RAS version



Proprietary MS Protocol support

PPP Support (protocols tunneled through PPP Protocol)

SLIP Support (protocols tunneled through SLIP Protocol)





Medium

RAS for Windows NT 3.5

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX, TCP/IP

No SLIP server functionality

Serial; ISDN; X.25

RAS for Windows NT 3.51

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX, TCP/IP

No SLIP server functionality

Serial; ISDN; X.25

Remote Network Access for Windows 95 (RNA)

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX

No SLIP server functionality

Serial; No internal X.25 board support





Flow control support



Highest tested bps rate for modems (not ISDN lines)


Number of simultaneous RAS ports (incoming calls) supported




Types of modems tested

Yes

57600 bps (using V.34, V.fc/V.fast, V.42, and V.42 bis)

Windows NT 3.5 Server: 256 ports. Windows NT 3.5 Workstation: 1 port

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

57600 bps (using V.34, V.fc/V.fast, V.42, and V.42 bis)

Windows NT 3.51 Server: 256 ports. Windows NT 3.51 Workstation: 1 port

Analog; Null Modem; certain PCMCIA modems 4

Yes

57600 bps (using V.34, V.fc/V.fast, V.42, and V.42 bis)

1 port only (RAS client may access server's drive and network resources)

Analog; Null Modem; PCMCIA modems; certain cellular modems 5

A: Compatible with Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 RAS compression. To achieve RAS software compression compatibility with Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server clients, you must install Windows NT 3.5 SP2 on the Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server computer that is acting as the RAS client.

B: Compatible with a Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server RAS client. To achieve RAS software compression compatibility with Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1, or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 RAS clients, you must install Windows NT 3.5 SP2 on your Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server computer that is acting as a RAS server.

1 Used in RAS 1.x.

2 NetBEUI Frame Protocol (NBF) which is backward compatible with AsyBEUI and NetBEUI (Windows for
Workgroups 3.1)

3 Modem error control (MNP4, V.42) and modem compression (MNP5, V.42 bis) are not supported, with the following exception: 19200 bps was tested with US Robotics V.32 bis modems and an intelligent DigiBoard on a server running OS/2 version 1.3 with LAN Manager 2.1 and RAS 1.1 using V.42 error checking and V.42 bis modem compression.

4 Consult the Windows NT 3.51 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for a listing of supported PCMCIA modems. If your modem is not listed, you can check the Windows NT 3.51 Modem.inf file contents to see whether your PCMCIA modem was included after the HCL was printed.

5 Consult the updated Windows 95 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) on the Microsoft Internet Web server.


Table E.6 RAS Client Versions





RAS version



Proprietary MS Protocol support


PPP Support
(protocols tunneled through PPP Protocol)


SLIP Support (protocols tunneled through SLIP Protocol)





Medium

RAS 1.0

AsyBEUI 1

No

No

Serial

RAS 1.1

AsyBEUI

No

No

Serial; X.25

RAS 1.1a

AsyBEUI

No

No

Serial; X.25

RAS 1.0

AsyBEUI

No

No

Serial

RAS for Windows for Workgroups 3.11

NetBEUI; compatible with AsyBEUI

No, but third-party PPP TCP/IP software is available

No

Serial; ISDN; X.25 dial-up only 3

RAS for Windows NT 3.1

Uses NBF 2

No

No

Serial; X.25; ISDN

RAS for Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

Uses NBF

No

No

Serial; X.25; ISDN

RAS 1.1

AsyBEUI

No

No

Serial; X.25





Flow control support

Support for scripts to interact with third party devices (X.25 dial-up and security hosts)



Interactive Terminal screen 5


Highest tested bps rate for modems (not for ISDN)



Types of modems tested

No

No

No

9600 bps

Analog; Null Modem

No

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF

No

9600 bps (V.32) 4

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF

No

19200 bps (tested with V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis enabled

Analog; Null Modem

No

No

No

9600 bps

Analog; Null Modem

No

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF

No

9600 bps 4

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF; Third-party intermediary security devices: Use SWITCH.INF file

Yes

19200 bps

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF; Third-party intermediary security devices: Use SWITCH.INF file

Yes

57600 bps (using V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis)

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF; Third-party intermediary security devices: Use SWITCH.INF file

Yes

57600 bps (using V.32 bis, V.42, and V.42 bis)

Analog; Null Modem






RAS version

Proprietary MS Protocol support

PPP Support
(protocols tunneled through PPP Protocol)

SLIP Support (protocols tunneled through SLIP Protocol)





Medium

RAS for Windows NT 3.5

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX, TCP/IP

TCP/IP

Serial; X.25; ISDN

RAS for Windows NT 3.51

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX, TCP/IP

TCP/IP

Serial; X.25; ISDN

Remote Network Access for Windows 95 (RNA)

Supports NBF

NBF, IPX TCP/IP

TCP/IP

Serial; X.25 dial-up only 3

1 Used in RAS 1.x.

2 NetBEUI Frame Protocol (NBF) which is compatible with AsyBEUI and NetBEUI (Windows for Workgroups 3.11)

3 Internal X.25 card not supported on Windows for Workgroups 3.11

4 Modem error control (MNP4, V.42) and modem compression (MNP5, V.42 bis) are not supported, with the following exception: 19200 bps was tested with US Robotics V.32 bis modems and an intelligent DigiBoard on a server running OS/2 version 1.3 with LAN Manager 2.1 and RAS 1.1 using V.42 error checking and V.42 bis modem compression.

5 Interactive Terminal screen can be invoked to log on to third-party PPP hosts or intermediary security devices.

6 Consult the Windows NT 3.51 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for a listing of supported PCMCIA modems. If your modem is not listed, you can check the Windows NT 3.51 Modem.inf file contents to see whether your PCMCIA modem was included after the HCL was printed.




Flow control support

Support for scripts to interact with third party devices (X.25 dial-up and security hosts)



Interactive Terminal screen 5


Highest tested bps rate for modems (not for ISDN)



Types of modems tested

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF; Third-party intermediary security devices: Use SWITCH.INF file

Yes

57600 bps (using V.34, V.fc/V.42, and V.42 bis)

Analog; Null Modem

Yes

X.25 dial-up: Use PAD.INF; Third-party intermediary security devices: Use SWITCH.INF file

Yes

57600 bps (using V.34, V.fc/V.42, and V.42 bis

Analog; Null Modem; certain PCMCIA modems 6

Yes

Use SCRIPTER.EXE 0 for scripting connections with:- X.25 dial-up providers; third-party intermediary security devices; SLIP dial-up servers; PPP dial-up servers

Yes

57600 bps

Analog; Null Modem; PCMCIA modems; certain cellular modems i

A: Compatible with Windows NT, Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 RAS compression. To achieve RAS software compression compatibility with Windows NT 3.5 Workstation and Server RAS servers, you must install the Windows NT 3.5 SP2 on the Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server that is acting as the RAS server.

B: Compatible when calling a Windows NT 3.5 Workstation or Server that is acting as a RAS server. To achieve RAS software compression compatibility with Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1, or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 RAS servers, you need to install Windows NT 3.5 SP2 on your Windows NT 3.5 Server or Workstation that is acting as a RAS client.

0 Windows 95 ships with SCRIPTER.EXE in the \ADMIN\APPTOOLS\DSCRIPT directory. The Windows 95 PLUS! software package of tools contains an upgraded version of SCRIPTER.EXE. Note SCRIPTER.EXE does not support pre-connect scripts to communicate with modem pool equipment. Instead, check the Bring Up Terminal Window Before Dialing option in the Option dialog box of the Properties of your connection to communicate interactively with your modem pool or pre-connect device.

i Consult the updated Windows 95 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) on the Microsoft Internet Web server*