iSeries NetServer versus iSeries Access for Windows
You do not need to install iSeries™ Access for Windows® or iSeries Navigator to use iSeries NetServer™.
Although iSeries NetServer provides specific support for accessing integrated file system and printing resources,
it does not provide the same range of tools and interfaces as iSeries Access for Windows does.
iSeries NetServer and iSeries Access for Windows differ in the following ways:
iSeries NetServer
- You do not need to install software on your PC client to use iSeries NetServer. The operating system of your PC client contains all of the software that is required to access iSeries NetServer. iSeries NetServer does not require that you install additional software unless you are administering iSeries NetServer functions from a PC client by using iSeries Navigator.
- You can share a directory with read-only access.
- You can hide a share from the network by ending the share name with a $.
- You can hide iSeries NetServer from Windows My Network Places.
- You can share individual directories. This lends to better i5/OS® security.
iSeries Access for Windows
- iSeries Access for Windows provides additional functions: 5250 emulation and data transfer.
Parent topic:
iSeries NetServer