RE: IP Address of AS/400 Machine -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Scott

Thanks a lot for the explanation. The scenario for which I'm working is
given below:-
I need to retrieve the IP address of the machines dynamically into a
variable in the CL program.
I need to make this information available to an interfaced system that
might need this for FTP purposes.
The actual IP is needed as the alias name is not available to the other
system.

Actual Scenario:
Same application is running in 3 AS/400 machines and all these 3 AS/400
machines are communicating with a third party  system residing in a non
AS/400 machine, through a single interface system running in one of the
AS/400 machine. I should retrieve the IP address of the right machine as
per the process and inform the non as/400 system. I have the constraint
of being unable to use hard coding or keeping the IP on a control file.

Hope it explains my scenario.

Please suggest me a best approach for this scenario.

Thanks & Regards
Sivasubrahmanian. A
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies (Finance & Insurance)
Electronics City, Bangalore, India
Phone - 8520408/8520416 x - 4364.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:57 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IP Address of AS/400 Machine

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, A. Sivasubrahmanian wrote:
>
> How to retrieve the IP address of AS/400 machine? Any help / pointers
to
> the solution is highly appreciated.
>

It's 127.0.0.1 :)

Seriously, though.  Everything TCP/IP-enabled computer has at least
two IP addresses.   The 127.0.0.1 is one of them, and the other depends
on
the network that it is connected to.

Many computers have more than two.  For example, if you are connected
with
both PPP (to an ISP) and ethernet (to your LAN) you've got three IP
addresses, one of the LAN, one for PPP and 127.0.0.1 (which is the
"loopback" address that always means "same machine")

It's possible for your system to have hundreds of IP addresses, which
might be useful if you're doing virtual hosting, or something similar.

If you just want to see what your system is currently using, type
CFGTCP and choose option 1.

If you need to do this programmatically, please explain why.  Explain
what
your program will do with this address, then I'll tell you what your
best
alternative is...

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