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WAN Driver Development

Novell WAN driver APIs provide the necessary connectivity to enable routing, remote access, and Internet applications over a variety of WAN media.

Hardware vendors may develop to these interfaces and provide WAN connectivity on the Novell Netware server, Novell BorderManger, and Small Business Suite application.

Dial-in, dial-out, synchronous and asynchronous services are provided as well as media support for all popular WAN protocols.

	what you can do


Provide routing or remote access connectivity over asynchronous PPP links using the AIO interface. Provide routing or remote access connectivity over various synchronous media using the WAN-HSM interface. Provide routing or remote access connectivity over ISDN using the NetWare CAPI interface. Integrate PPP, X.25, Frame Relay, or ISDN devices in the Netware 5.1, Novell BorderManager and NetWare Small Business Suite. Provide support for your modem in NetWare 5.x and NetWare 6.x servers using Novell modem scripting tools.

	build a WAN driver


WAN Driver Components - Developer services provides a comprehensive developer kit for WAN driver development including sample code, header files, specifications, and documentation.

	write a modem script


Developer services provides scripting tools and documentation to help you write modem scripts. Tools to create modem scripts Novell modem script file specification Tips to create modem scripts Certified modem scripts

YES certify your WAN devices

WAN Driver Test Tools - Developer services provides test tools and methodologies to prepare your WAN Drivers for Novell YES CERTIFIED certification.

Novell publishes information concerning tested and approved products in the form of Bulletins available for viewing and printing from our YES Bulletin Search site. Bulletins are also included in the world-wide marketing efforts of Novell, Inc.

Find out how YES certification can help you.

	search for YES CERTIFIED bulletins


Bulletin Number (Example: 12345, 67890) To perform an advanced search based on keyword, company, Novell product, software/hardware, or date, visit the YES Bulletin Search page.