RE: Question on AnyNet

Hank,

We are using AnyNet on about 300 NT workstations. The performance is 
hard to judge because we haven't really used anything else. To me, it 
is fine. I'm even using it on a 486-66 with 36 megabytes of RAM. We 
sometimes have intermittent connection failures, but these have 
decreased with each service pack of Client Access.

We don't create the devices on the system manually. They are 
automatically created during the first connection to the AS/400. The 
only thing we had to do on the AS/400 was configure an AnyNet 
controller and TCP/IP.

The biggest negative that I have about it is using the NetSoft router. 
The 16bit version was fine but this 32bit version has been the source 
(I believe) of most of our communication problems. We are wanting to 
use the straight TCP/IP version when the device id naming option is 
available (V3R1M3 of CA).

Good luck,
Mark Welte


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From:  HankHeath@aol.com[SMTP:HankHeath@aol.com]
Sent:  Thursday, February 05, 1998 9:00 PM
To:  MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:  Fwd: Question on AnyNet

Forwarded question from a colleague:

<< One of the critical pieces of our new application is a PC client 
tool that
does data analysis & manipulation and shows the users pretty graphs of 
AS/400
data. Sticking point: it only runs SNA using NetSoft router provided 
w/Client
Access. We only support TCP/IP across our wide area network, my Cisco 
routers
won't route SNA.

Now they have this brilliant idea: use AnyNet (now conveniently 
provided with
OS/400) to encapsulate the SNA in IP, thus solving said problem and 
allowing
us to run the existing client software. And conveniently getting them 
off the
hook for making sure they deliver the IP version they claim is in the 
works on
time.

Question: ever been exposed to AnyNet? Work OK? Performance hog? Good 
idea, or
stupid idea? I'm setting it up for a test, but any input you have 
would be
appreciated.

P.S. According to the config. instrux, you have to MANUALLY create all 
the
device descriptions for the PCs on the 400. Eeeeeee! How primitive 
<g>. >>
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