Network Magic supports PCs running Win 98 and above, and one license covers all.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
D-Link said it will distribute a customized version of Network Magic with selected routers this spring.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Though D-Link is the first Network Optimized router vendor, others also seem to be considering Network Magic.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Dowling said later versions of Network Magic will offer other compelling applications that can be plugged into the management layer.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Pure Networks' CEO Tim Dowling, a 14-year Intel veteran, said Network Magic is architected as a platform much like a corporate IT product.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Network Magic provides users with an easily interpreted topology map that creates a diagram like a family tree of devices on the network.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Resulting products are then tested and certified by Pure Networks, and then become eligible to display the Network Magic Optimized logo, he said.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Network Magic provides easy remote access to important, shared files when away from home by creating your own home network URL on the Internet.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Neil Smith, General Manager, Media Services, AOL, told me the ISP has leveraged the Network Magic platform to help reduce AOL's enormous call volume.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
You load the software on all the PCs on your network and Network Magic automatically creates a management layer that bridges the interoperability gaps between disparate network devices.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
David Henry, NetGear Product Line Manager for consumer routers, told me Network Magic as the only product he's seen so far that attempts to manage the entire home network.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Rocky Rosas, technical marketing engineer at D-Link, said he has fully tested Network Magic for D-Link routers, and found it to be easily integrated with the PC software that comes with D-Link's hardware.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
I'm not saying it's the Holy Grail, but Network Magic presents a well-designed tool set for the home area network-it's a scaled down corporate network management program written specifically for the Home-Area Network (HAN).
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Network Magic can detect a network outage and mark it with a big red "X" on the topology diagram showing you where the outage occurred, and gives you some indication of how to fix it.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Dowling said Pure Networks is sharing its APIs with partners like AOL and D-Link so they can write both agents and applications that leverage the Network Magic platform to the enhance the value of their hardware and software offerings.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
Their adoption of Network Magic is a big plus for privately held Pure Networks, which has already authored Port Magic, a product that enables gamers to play multi-player games over the Internet by automatically opening and closing ports on their Internet gateways.
ENGADGET: The Family is the Network: Pure Networks' Network Magic wants to make things simple
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Microsoft hopes to bring the same magic from its moneymaking Xbox Live network over to its overlooked casual gaming segment.
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