Re: Connect via PC

I'm not sure if this will fill the bill, but here we loaded up Netscape 
Fasttrack
server on a NT box to do ISP "gatekeeper" and can authorize outsiders to upload
files.  We are at the receiving end.  We use WinGate at the sending end.  We
tried a Net Proxy from the UK without much luck.  There is a Net Proxy product
stateside.  AKAIK these products are designed to permit groups to go out to the
internet and are not designed for inbound traffic.



Carl Galgano wrote:

> Our AS400 connects to the Internet via a PC running NT and Win Proxy (a
> proxy server, however WIN95/98 could also be used), we FTP to the proxy
> server and then the proxy server asks for
> the FTP address of the server we wish to connect to on the Internet.  Of
> course we can map a port on the proxy server to point to a specific address
> and then FTP to the proxy with the mapped port and bypass the need to enter
> the external IP address of the FTP server we wish to connect to.
>
> Unfortunately, the FTP is only one way.  We can not FTP from the Internet to
> the AS400 through the proxy server.  This is true even with any FTP server
> on the secure side of our network, not just the AS400.  I have addressed
> this issue with the mfg of Winproxy.  They hope to address it in a future
> release.  Can anyone recommend another Proxy Server that will allow FTP both
> ways?
>
> Regards,
> Carl Galgano
> EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
> http://cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
> mailto://cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
> (770) 422-2995
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Connect via PC
>
> |At 03:28 PM 7/21/98 , Alan Novick wrote:
> |>I have a PC connected to my AS/400 via TCP/IP.  The PC can also dial my
> |>internet account.  Can the AS/400 access the internet (ftp for example)
> |>through the PC?  What configuration steps do I need to take?
> |
> |I would suspect so ... but I don't know how exactly.
> |
> |The key would be to make your PC a proxy server with a program like
> WINGATE.
> |
> |You would have to make some extra steps for things like FTP and TELNET
> though.
> |
> |david
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