RE: Providing access to offsite contractor

We use the shiva solution, and it works well for us. 

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From:   nina jones[SMTP:ddi@datadesigninc.com]
Reply To:       MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Sent:   Thursday, May 27, 1999 9:06 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Providing access to offsite contractor

> We have a contractor in another part of the country who we need to allow
> to access a loaner box we have here at corporate to assist us in our Y2K
> testing efforts.  Our production AS/400 (V4R1) is on the ethernet and
> has a modem for dialing in (and out), and the loaner box (V4R2) is also
> on the ethernet... but without a modem.  I can TELNET from our
> production box to the loaner.  We use client access for terminal
> emulation but the contractor has Rumba.  I am pretty ignorant when it
> comes to anything that involves a cable or a phone line... but I learn
> fast if anyone has any suggestions as to how access might be provided.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any assistance, ideas, or pointers in the right
> direction!!


if the as/400's are on the same lan, you could get a shiva lanrover. 
that attaches to the lan also, and the contractor can dial into that. 
then he can access both as/400's.  


nj
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