400 MPS

How can I find out what the speed is of the 400 communications, how can I
adjust that speed, and what are the pros & cons of doing so?



I am not a hardware geek, but I can get into command line stuff.



We have a 170 with V5R1, because the company is not going to pay Infor what
they want from us to move BPCS to a more modern system.



Company e-mail etc. is via a Microsoft server, because the company is not
going to spend the money to fix BPCS 405CD security.



Plus we hurting for disk space.



Also I think the company needs separate e-storage just for e-mail archives,
and our Excel management.



6 months ago, we had a PC guy come in to upgrade the Microsoft server
infrastructure. He did not understand the Cisco stuff that was there, so he
replaced it with NetGear and Sonic VPN . personally I think Sonic VPN is
better security than Cisco VPN. Anyhow, at the time this was installed, all
the lights on the NetGear were green, but now a bunch are amber.



The explanation to me is that the NetGear is equivalent of Twinax Brick,
except for PC connections.

Green lights mean the 400 is speaking to the NetGear at 100 MPS.

Amber lights mean they are talking to each other at 10 MPS.

MPS = Megabytes per Second



I want to check this at the 400 end.



What this hardware is supposed to be doing is simulating a controller . for
local and remote PCs to talk to the 400, emulating dumb terminals, and
client access, and I also do OPSNAV when server time outs don't get in the
way.

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Al Macintyre

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Home PC in midst of replacement ... many standard things not yet fully
operational again yet