RE: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ?

>And I am finding out that it is a little harder to get PC's outside
>of local routers to see each other (without setting up LMHosts files,
etc.). 

Chuck,

If you're having those problems you'll have those problems with the
iSeries as a file server too. When you say you "KNOW every PC can get to
it" I assume you mean because they can start a 5250 session. However,
the mechanism used to "find" the iSeries for 5250 is DNS, while the
mechanism used to find the iSereis for file serving will be either WINS
or broadcast[1]. When you're using the iSeries as a file server the
windows boxes think they're talking to another Windows box.

Can the iSeries act as a WINS server? (I use W2K servers, so I've never
tried). If so, you may want to enable that service and add a WINS entry
to your DHCP config. That way when the clients go looking for
\\my-file-server they can find it regardless of the location of the box.


-Walden

[1] Yes, 2000 and XP can use DNS, but they're usually not setup that
way.

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Lewis
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:13 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ?

Thanks Vern,

Good information. My thought on the iSeries is that I KNOW every PC can
get
to it. And I am finding out that it is a little harder to get PC's
outside
of local routers to see each other (without setting up LMHosts files,
etc.).

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:57 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ?

Definitely. The root of the IFS is just like Windows. You only need to 
create a file share - easiest way is in OpsNav under the File Systems
item, 
IIRC. It's there somewhere.

One caveat - the iSeries is not as fast for this as Intel boxes. You
might 
could be better off putting things on the Linux box - I believe it, too,

can participate in Windows networking (Samba?), which is what the
iSeries 
is doing here - NetServer is the iSeries way of doing Windows file
shares.

Hate to have to say that. But file serving just is not the iSeries' bag.
I 
don't know what the problem is, but it's there.

Of course, if speed is not an issue, then the security and backup of the

iSeries is a plus. Occasional updates may not need blinding access
speed.

HTH
Vern




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