Re: any update to II12227? (ports required for iseries access for windows)

[Sean Porterfield <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich Duzenbury wrote:
> > My firewall log showed dropped packets to port 9475, remote command. 
> > Enabling that port made the connections work again.  (Though clicking OK 
> > on the error and waiting ever so patiently also worked as did using 
> > tn5250 instead of iseries access for windows.)
>
>
> Does the firewall silently drop the connection request, or does it
> reject it?  Try actively refusing the connection on the 9475 port.
>
> Also, if you have a mind, you could sniff the packets with ethereal and
> see what it it trying to do. 

By default, I drop rather than refuse.  I like it that way.  The problem 
wasn't difficult to solve, I was just hoping for updated documentation 
from IBM.

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/0/b03c60533d594bea86256a1d0076abf7?OpenDocument

"When you connect using PC5250 emulation, underneath the covers it is 
using AppAdmin to query the OS/400 for the user settings of the user 
profile you use to connect to OS/400. AppAdmin uses the remote command 
to query OS/400. Make sure the AS-RMTCMD daemon job is up and in a 
listen state by doing a NETSTAT *CNN command. You should see AS-RMTCMD 
in listen state on port(s) 8475 and 9475 depending if you are using SSL."

I don't see a date on that document or a version number referenced.