RE: Client Access....Net ID

In general, netID on PC CAN be different from netID on AS/400. There are
some cases with more complicated network topologies, when in fact it
SHOULD be different.
But in most cases it is certainly simpler to have them the same.


    Best regards,

          Alexei Pytel



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Galgano [SMTP:cgalgano@ediconsulting.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 6:59 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Client Access....Net ID
> 
> The netid on the PC should be the same network ID defined in the AS400
> network attributes.  (DSPNETA).  This parameter only makes a
> difference if
> connection via SNA (or Anynet I believe), if the client is doing IP,
> then it
> makes NO difference.
> Regards,
> 
> Carl Galgano
> EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
> http://cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
> mailto://cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
> (770) 422-2995
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew B. Brott <abrott@threecreekscomputing.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 1:04 PM
> Subject: Client Access....Net ID
> 
> 
> |I have a client who insists that the "Net ID" field makes all the
> difference
> |on whether or not a pc running Win95 Client Access will connect to
> the
> |AS/400 or not.   I have 2 pc's running this and the only difference
> between
> |them is that 1 has "APPN" in the netID field and one has the name of
> the
> |system in the same field.  Apparently there is no difference.
> |
> |My question is, who is correct.
> |
> |Andrew Brott
> |Three Creeks Computing, Inc.
> |
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