Rightware Inc. is pleased to announce LinkRight for Lans for OS/2.   

LinkRight for LANs has two basic uses.  You can establish a connection 
between two systems and transfer files between them, or you can clone 
complete systems across the network.  LinkRight for LANs uses NetBIOS.
The next release will include support for Novell IPX/SPX and for
TCP/IP.

LinkRight for Lans allows you to transfer files from one system to 
another on your network.  It works much like the serial and parallel
port version of LinkRight in that one system is the Local system which 
controls everything and the other system is the Remote system that sends 
or receives files at the request of the Local system.

Included with the package are 3 versions for 3 different situations.
An Administrator version is for cloning systems.  The Administrator 
version includes the multicasting feature for sending one to many.  
The User version is for normal file transfers between two systems on 
the network.  A command line version is included for use on a system
that has been booted from OS/2 floppies with no Presentation Manager
installed.

LinkRight for Lans can be used to clone systems across the network.
It uses Netbios Multicasting so you can send one to many.  The basic
procedure is to create your seed system, pack it into a single big
file, and broadcast that file, and unpack it on the receiving end(s).
We have tried to make it as easy and automated as possible.

Our initial measure of timing is that you can clone a 40 MB partition to
one machine in about 15 minutes.  Do 30 machines in an hour.  Do 400
machines in 8 hours.  This does not include the setup time required
to boot the target systems from bootable OS/2 floppies, do partitioning
and formatting, etc.  

LinkRight Utilities

Included with LinkRight for LANs are some stand-alone utilities that you
can use.  These utilities do not require a network connection or PM so 
they can be used from bootable floppies or a system that does not have 
a network connection.  These utilities are built for OS/2 and handle
a number of OS/2 specific situations.

PACKPART.EXE can be used to pack an entire partition into a single big 
file.

SHOWPACK.EXE can be used to display the files and directories in a packed 
file. 

SHOWPART.EXE can be used to display the files and directories in a 
partition.

LRCRC.EXE can be used to do a CRC and Checksum on a single file.

LISTDIFF.EXE can be used to compare two files that were created using 
SHOWPART.EXE or SHOWPACK.EXE. 

SORTPACK.EXE can be used to sort a packed file. If you created a
packed file using PACKPART.EXE, the packed file will be automatically
sorted.  If you created a packed file by using the Administrator 
Version and packing received files on the fly, the packed file will
not be sorted and you will need to run SORTPACK.EXE before using 
SHOWPACK.EXE.

LRNBIO.EXE is a NetBIOS test program.  You can use this program to
test all the network functionality that LinkRight for LANs needs to
operate properly.  This test program is available separately on 
Compuserve forum OS2AVEN lib 1 filename LRNBIO.ZIP.  You can download
and use this test program to see if LinkRight for LANs will work on your
network before you purchase the product.

You can use these utilities to verify a complete OS/2 installation.
At a later time, after the system has been used for days, weeks, or
months, you can compare the ORIGINAL.LST to the CURRENT.LST to see
if any drivers, .dll's, or executables have been trashed.  If the 
partition that contains the important OS/2 files is also used for
data, this partition could have a large number of files in CURRENT.LST
that do not exist in ORIGINAL.LST so you can use /I to ignore these
user data files and only look for the files from ORIGINAL.LST.

For more information, contact Susan Tremble, VP Sales Rightware Inc.
(301) 762-1151 fax (301) 762-1185.

Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $395 for 100 users.  
Expected Street Price (ESP) is $250 for 100 users.  MSRP for the 1000 
user pack is $1495 and ESP for 1000 user pack is $995.  This product
is available NOW from Indelible Blue 1-800-776-8284 and 1-919-878-9700
or OS/2 Express 1-800-672-5945 and 1-612-823-6255.