RE: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME -- BPCS-L

I would not recommend that you disconnect your RJ45 from the AS/400.  It's 
not so bad that the AS/400 can/will recover your session, but now with all 
the jobs in a recovery scenario, your AS/400  will have to recover however 
many user jobs that are active.  Also, the ethernet line could go into 
recovery/pending.  To correct that situation, you would have to end TCPIP 
(ENDTCP) and then vary off and on the line to recover, then restart TCPIP. 
 In the meantime, the green screen  may recover at next signon, but  the 
status of any client/server jobs could cause problems with transactions 
that have not completed successfully.

If you are so inclined to do it, DO IT!!!  It's your system, but myself, I 
have other things to do than recover my system and data.

I say BEWARE!!!

Douglas J. Schneider
G/S Software Solutions
Voice: (616) 956-1121


-----Original Message-----
From:   oludare [SMTP:oludare@ix.netcom.com]
Sent:   Thursday, January 06, 2000 6:20 PM
To:     BPCS-L@midrange.com
Cc:     Mike Thomas
Subject:        Re: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME

 << File: ATT00006.htm >> I ran an Interactive SQL session & a WRKACTJOB 
session, disconnect the RJ45 from my PC Ethernet card for about 10 seconds 
then reconnects it back without any network or AS/400 problem.  The SQL and 
my WRKACTJOB sessions were active and still running.  Is the RJ45 
connection at my PC different from the RJ45 connection at the back of the 
AS/400 leading to all CLIENTS?

How & Why?  Remember, I have an ETHERNET card in the AS/400 and all CLIENTS 
are connecting over IP.

Oludare
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: William Washington III
  To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
  Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:43 PM
  Subject: Re: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME


  I'm assuming that the clients all have ethernet cards.  If so, the NIC is 
listening to the network for messges addressed to it.  I would imagine you 
will cause all sorts of problems if you disconnect your RJ45 connection.

  Think of it as disconnecting your telephone line from your home modem 
while connected to the internet.  You might keep the line up for a second, 
but it's not a good idea.

  From an electrical engineer's point of view, you're going to cause all 
sorts of reflections on the line.

  Bottom line, I wouldn't do it.  I can't begin to imagine WHY you'd want 
to do it!

  William
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: oludare
    To: Beepics BPCS Usergroup ; AS/400 Midrange Usergroup
    Cc: Mike Thomas
    Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:11 PM
    Subject: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME


    Hi Guys,

    I need to know.  Is it possible to disconnect the RJ45 that connects 
all CLIENTS (PCs) to the AS/400 box, communicating over IP, and reconnect 
back without any CLIENT knowing that communication was interrupted.  What 
happen to all active interactive jobs (programs) from the PCs and Session 
Manager?

    Thanks for you help.

    Oludare

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