RE: HELP establishing dialup in an application

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Bale wrote:

>I am trying to educate myself on what is
>involved in automatically establishing a
>dialup connection so that we can FTP several
>files from the AS/400 to a server once each
>day - with NO user intervention.

You will be wanting to look at Scott Klement's FTP API.
http://klement.dstorm.net/oss.html  You will also want to get a copy of the
modem manual for the modem your system is using.

>Messages with "good" or "bad" results could
>be sent to a special message queue.  Assuming
>the configuration is "set", what does my program
>have to do to vary on (and in what sequence)?

VRYCFG *LIN xxx *on, then *CTL, then *DEV

>Should I be checking to see if some other
>job is using the same dialup line that
>my program wants to use?

RTVCFGSRC

>If I have to vary something off to vary my
>???stuff??? on, then I would want to vary
>that something back on after I'm done.

If you want to play nice you should put things back the way you found them.

>What are "resources", "line descriptions",
>"controller descriptions", and "device
>descriptions" in the dialup communications context?

'Resource' is the physical port on the back of the iSeries.
'Line' is a logical description of the modem.
'Controller' is a logical description of the far end.
'Device' is a logical description of the local end.

These are all very vague and simplified.  You need to understand that the
iSeries communications support (line, ctl, dev) is intended to handle every
scenario, and a simple point to point dial up is very easy compared to a
multi-drop leased line with dial backup.  The main thing to understand is
that your end must match the far end.

I am not a SLIP or PPP person, but I am pretty certain that this is what
you'll be using to make the connexion.

  --buck

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