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We have some NC's and a couple of printers in Hawaii. We use the VPN Option. It has worked pretty good for us. We did have some problems at the beginning, but it was the ISP's fault on the Hawaii end. At 02:16 PM 11/9/00 -0600, you wrote: >Sounds like a site visit to me. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: D.BALE@handleman.com [mailto:D.BALE@handleman.com] >Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:01 PM >To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >Subject: Leased Line vs. ??? > > >A situation came up where we need to stick an AS/400 "workstation" & printer >in Hawaii and "attach" it to an AS/400 in Reno, Nevada. They're talking >about >getting a leased line to do this at a startup cost of $1000 and monthly fees >of $900. > >Traffic volume is not expected to be significant; this workstation would be >used primarily to request a shipping label to be printed on the label >printer. > The display will be a PC, not a dumb terminal. > >What are some other options that could be considered at less cost? Dial-up >is >absolutely out of the question. > >I thought I had heard VPN (virtual private network) being used as a >lower-cost, reliable alternative to leased line, but my memory is fuzzy on >this. > >Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. > >Dan Bale >IT - AS/400 >Handleman Company >248-362-4400 Ext. 4952 >+--- >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com >+--- >+--- >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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