NetMAX Newsletter - August 2004

1. [New!] NetMAX 5 Release Date Set
2. [Technical] Passing Public IP Addresses Through NetMAX
3. [General] NetMAX at HP World
4. [General] Let's Hear From You

1. NetMAX 5 Release Date Set

The NetMAX Team has been working hard to get the newest release of NetMAX ready, and you won't have to wait long to see the results! We've finalized the NetMAX 5 product line, and will be releasing the newest version of NetMAX on September 7th, 2004.

NetMAX 5 is still the NetMAX you use and love, but we've added even
more features and a Red Hat 9-based Linux operating system to give you more stability, security and hardware support than ever before. NetMAX 5 is even available pre-installed on our new line of powerful Servers from Hewlett Packard! We're even adding optional Remote Server Monitoring services from our expert NetMAX Team.

Beginning September 7th, NetMAX 5 products will be available in the
NetMAX Store:

http://www.netmax.com/order/BuyStuff.cgi

Owners of all previous NetMAX products are entitled to discounted
upgrade to NetMAX 5 for those products. These upgrade versions are available for only the cost of shipping and handling (if any) for NetMAX 4 products purchased up to 30 days before the NetMAX 5 release date. NetMAX 4 products will remain fully supported, including any security updates or patches issued, until October 7th, 2004 (30 days). NetMAX 4 products will still function properly after this date, but no further security updates will be issued for the retired version.

If you have questions about our upgrade policy or would like to read it in detail, visit the NetMAX Support pages:

http://www.netmax.com/support/contact_support/policy_upgrade.html

2. Passing Public IP Addresses Through NetMAX

Hello from the NetMAX Technical department!

This month's tech article answers the burning question: how do I pass a public IP address through my NetMAX to a machine behind it?

When referring to "public IP" addresses in this document, we mean any valid IP address that does not resemble the following (or fall into the following network ranges):

192.168.x.x
10.x.x.x
172.16.0.x
172.16.1.x

Generally speaking it is not possible to put a host on the same public network as your NetMAX system's Internet-connected interface. This makes it difficult to perform firewalling functions for your machines which are directly connected to the Internet.

The answer here is to use "Proxy Arp" and "Machine Groups" to make the NetMAX a "traffic bridge" between the Internet and the specified Internet hosts.

If you are interested in a more detailed technical discussion, of this topic, please visit the appropriate NetMAX knowledge base article at:

http://www.netmax.com/fom/cache/546.html

3. NetMAX at HP World

The NetMAX Team has just returned from Chicago, where we visited HP World 2004, the Solutions and Technology Conference & Expo. The NetMAX Team went to the largest HP users conference in the country to announce our forthcoming NetMAX 5 Server products, built on powerful HP ProLiant platforms.

While we were there, we met new and existing NetMAX customers, gave away a NetMAX Server, and generally enjoyed our visit to the windy city. Thanks to HP and the NetMAX users who stopped by and visited us!

4. Let's Hear From You!

We would very much like to hear from you -- especially about how you use NetMAX and Linux in your business, and how we can make NetMAX better suited to your needs. Contribute your input to the NetMAX Forum at:

http://www.netmax.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi

or to our general NetMAX contact form at:

http://www.netmax.com/partners/contacts.html

Let us know about your likes, dislikes, and general comments. We are especially interested in the type of additions to NetMAX that you would like to see as we continue to develop the NetMAX line.

Thank you!