Internet PTFs

Hi all,
        I opened a thread two or three weeks ago on this subject, I made a
little progress at the time, but never actually got it going, however ...

        I have been convinced for a while now that despite the test of
SOCKS saying 'Your socks configuration works', in practice it did not.

        A colleague suggested to me this morning that I could try a normal
dial-up connection to an ISP - bypassing our company firewall.

        I use a laptop PC with an ethernet network card and an internal
modem, I use MS Win98.
        a)      I logged onto the network in the usual way, giving me telnet
access to the AS/400.
        b)      I created a new connection in 'Dial-up Networking' for the
ISP (I used a personal account for the test).
        c)      I connected to the ISP using the new connection.
        d)      I temporarily disconnected my network connection.
        e)      I fired up IEXPLORE and logged onto
http://www.as400service.ibm.com
        f)      I reconnected my network cable
        g)      I now had an internet connection via my modem, and a telnet
connection available to my AS/400.
        h)      I now went through the usual links and procedures, and blow
me down - it worked.

        The IBM procedures for the Socks config/setup mention two IP-ports
9600 and 9601, but when I got the iPTF system working I checked with
Netstat, Work with TCP connection status, and it didn't touch these ports.
What is worse, I shut it down and did another test, and it used different
ports again!  I don't claim to understand all about this, but it certainly
does not seem to work as published.

I hope my experiences can help some of you.

Kind Regards,

Jeff Bull
AS/400 Software Support Consultant
IBM Certified AS/400 System Administrator

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