HOBLink UWT

Access to Windows Applications under Linux and Sun Solaris

HOBLink UWT offers your enterprise an innovative solution that brings the benefits of Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers (NT4, Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003) to your UNIX platforms.

Attention Mac Users! - HOBLink JWT is the ideal solution for connecting your computer running a Mac OS to Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers (NT4, Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003) HOBLink UWT is not optimized for Mac OS's.

Product Highlights

The Advantages at a Glance

Access to Windows applications from Sun Solaris and Linux platforms
TCP/IP as network protocol, RDP 4, 5, 5.1 or 5.2 as communication protocol
Load Balancing
Server-based computing in a heterogeneous network environment
Seamless integration of UNIX and Windows environments
Leverages your existing network infrastructure
No additional components required on the Windows Terminal Server (in the basic configuration)
Worldwide availability via LAN / WAN, dial-up lines, ISDN, xDSL and VPN

Reap the Benefits, Protect Your Investment

As an RDP-based solution, HOBLink UWT gives you unrestricted use of the entire range of Windows applications on the Windows Terminal Server from your Linux, Sun Solaris or Mac OS X workstation. Because all Windows applications are centrally installed and configured, you can significantly reduce your total cost of ownership with HOBLink UWT.

Security Plus

With HOBLink UWT you can encrypt all transmitted data based on the cryptographic functionality of the Windows Terminal Server. The following levels of data encryption are supported:

“Low” encryption of data from client to server (RC4), 40-bit or 56-bit
“Medium” encoding of data from client to server and vice versa, (RC4), 40-bit or 56-bit
“High”-level encryption from client to server and vice versa, (RC4), 128-bit

Worldwide Availability

Connections via standard phone lines, WAN/LAN, VPN, etc. are possible on the basis of TCP/IP, letting you leverage the worldwide availability of the Internet and guarantee global access. This makes HOBLink UWT an ideal solution for international enterprises that need to connect to Windows applications anywhere in their extended corporate network.

Keyboard Layouts

Besides supporting the English keyboard (US and UK), HOBLink UWT includes support for a number of other languages, e.g. German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.

Load Balancing

Included standard with HOBLink UWT is a component which provides integrated “load balancing.” The client sends a request to every Windows Terminal Server and, depending on the configuration, is automatically connected either to the first Terminal Server which responds or to the server with the least load.

Overview of Key Features

Connection from Linux and Sun Solaris
Support for RDP4 and RDP5 protocols
Includes additional component for load balancing
Fully supports encryption of the Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
TCP/IP as transport protocol
Copy & paste support
Real-time viewing of other client sessions (session shadowing)
Printing to locally connected printers
Direct connection to an application (application serving)
Client connection possible via LAN / WAN, dial-up lines, ISDN, xDSL and VPN
Audio (with Windows 2003 Server or Linux with ALSA)

System Requirements

Windows Terminal Server

HOBLink UWT is compatible with:

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 - Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server with integrated Windows Terminal Services
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Client Platforms

Linux
HOBLink UWT has been successfully tested on Intel-based Linux distributions from Suse, RedHat and Mandrake (kernel version 2.2.10 and higher)
Sun Solaris
HOBLink UWT requires Solaris 7 (SunOS 5.7) or Solaris 8 (SunOS 5.8), or higher, on a SPARC system.
Mac OS X
HOBLink UWT requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later, as well as an installed X Server.

Thin Clients

HOBLink UWT has been specially optimized for thin clients. It has been tested with the following thin clients:

Fujitsu Siemens FUTRO B, C
Igel
Levigo LTC 840
HP T5515

Further Information / How to Purchase

You can get further information on or purchase HOB products from any of our international offices or from HOB International Distributors & Resellers.

For technical information please contact our support department.

webmaster@hobsoft.com, Last Updated: 28-Oct-09