Re: econnrefused

Hi Keith,

Let's do a bit of discovery (when you have a chance). Go to a PC that can successfully communicate with both iSeries machines and do the following:

FROM WINDOWS XP (or similar) PC:

a) Click Start -> Run

b) type "cmd" and click OK

c) type the following, and post the output here on this list:
ipconfig /all

d) type the following, and post the output here on this list:
netstat -rn

e) type exit to close the command prompt.

Since the windows PCs are able to talk to both systems, it should give us an idea of what the correct numbers should be. Then, to see what you have on the iSeries systems, please do the following:

FROM i5/OS or OS/400:

a) Type the following and post the output:
NETSTAT *IFC

b) Type the following and post the output:
NETSTAT *RTE

c) Type the following and post the output:
?CHGTCPDMN

d) Type CFGTCP to get the TCP/IP configuration menu
and take option 4=Work with port restrictions
and post the output here.

That will give us a lot more information about your configuration... hopefully we can spot what's wrong.

keith wrote:

hi scott..

i am sorry this is confusing..it is to me too..as i said i have not done any configuration stuff in close to two decades..i dont know anything about how any of it connects anymore and the people who are in operations here i dont think know any more than i do..so it is a matter of me not knowing what is or is not relevant..i am picking pieces of information out of the manuals trying to find the piece that will make it work..one reason i started looking at this other stuff was your little test of telnet..now i also tried telnet directly from a command entry screen on the 820 and get it going busy but never coming back and not giving any messages..it just goes to a blank screen and system busy indicator..

also ibm is not being any help..the people here have called them several times and they get a stock answer that it is an application problem and they are not interested and dont solve application problems..i am not sure they have even listened to what the situation actually is..that the programs do work..also today if i understood correctly..and i get the responses from ibm second hand..they wanted to say that we should not be using sockets to connect and do this..what we are doing is automating a file update process on both machines..one is some bpcs files and the other is some sap information..so this involved processing the information not just moving files from one machine to the other to be processed by other processes..the idea is not to have operator intervention and also not have to interrupt normal 24 hour a day work and processing to do file updates..we want to do these on an every 30 minute basis..

i have been told by the operator that there is no firewall..we ftp between the two machines but the way we do it is to make a save file..go through windows dos and ftp to a pc..then ftp from the pc to the other system..we dont ftp between the two systems..i will try doing this on monday and see what happens..

i hope this clarifies some instead of confusing more..

thanks

keith