Re: SNA Connection - need MAC Adress Ethernet to Token Ring format conversion

Hello Jenny,

there is an excellent redpaper on this topic at:

 
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpaperAbstracts/redp0168.html?Open


HTH, otherwise, don't hesitate to ask again.

Regards from germany, Philipp Rusch

"Mauger, Jenny" schrieb:

> Philipp,
>
> Once you have managed to resolve your problems and all is well I would be
> very grateful if you could give me a quick run down on potential pitfalls in
> conversion.
>
> We are planning to switch from token ring to Ethernet very soon.  Other
> AS400s in our company offices abroad are all on Ethernet.  We were the only
> site to be token ring.  We use both SNA and TCPIP.
>
> Thanks for the link Brian!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jenny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduard v.d. Braken [mailto:e.vd.braken@hccnet.nl]
> Sent: 06 June 2002 11:31
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: SNA Connection - need MAC Adress Ethernet to Token Ring
> format conversion
>
> Philipp
>
> The converted adress is the same, you are use a special combinations which
> is the same for ethernet and tokenring.
>
> I used the old (dos) reverse program, once part of pc-support
>
> Groetjes (Greetings)
> ====================================================
> Naam:     Eduard van den Braken
> e-mail:   E.vd.Braken@HccNet.nl
> ====================================================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philipp Rusch" <Philipp.Rusch@rusch-edv.de>
> To: "Midrange List" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:20 PM
> Subject: SNA Connection - need MAC Adress Ethernet to Token Ring format
> conversion
>
> Hello all,
> Anybody out there still having the ClientAccess Version with
> Netsoft-Router ? (Version <= 3.2)
> We are trying to migrate an OS/2 Warp-Server from Token-Ring
> SNA connection to Ethernet and ran into problems.
> I am not on site and trying to help via phone.
>
> Would someone "convert" the following mac-address for me ?
>
> 42003C002481 -- >  ??
>
> You can do so by configuring a test-connection with DLC-protocol
> then you type in my mac address above and select to convert
> the address (there is a checkbox for that) then the converted address
> is shown in a second field in that dialog box.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Regards from germany,
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Philipp Rusch
>
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