Re: Using modems to connect two iSeries

It's specialized, but you can get them cheaply from any used iSeries
hardware dealer.

Also, Black Box (www.blackbox.com) sells them.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: Using modems to connect two iSeries


> So that is a specialized cable then?  The connector looks like very
> different from anything else (like a very small centronics port) and it
sits
> to the right of the RJ45 phone line connector.  So there is a cable I buy
> for this and I can connect a "regular" external modem to it and it will do
> SDLC?
>
> If so, cool!
>
> It's probably a $500 cable...knowing IBM's over-engineering on
> cables....probably weighs 25lbs and is 50 feet long!
>
> Pete
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:36 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: Using modems to connect two iSeries
> >
> >
> > There is an internal V.90 modem (that will not do SDLC) and a connection
> > for an external modem cable.  If you connect a V.24 cable (IBM feature
> > 0348) you can connect an SDLC modem.
> >
> > ...Neil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 2003/12/11 13:23
> >
> >
> >
> > To
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> > cc
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> > Subject
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> >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I think the problem with the modem (I still a few flavors hanging around
> > here: a 7855 (9600 bps) and a dog slow one(2400bps)...) is that my 800
> > doesn't support it without a different controller card (as I recall).
> >
> > Yep. Good ol SDLC and SNA was the way we wanted to go.  Didn't realize
we
> > had to specfically tell IBM that we wanted to do SDLC when we configured
> > this thing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
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