Re: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Dare,

In a message dated 1/6/00 6:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
oludare@ix.netcom.com writes:

> 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. 

At the risk of sounding like I'm picking on you in particular, YES IT'S 
DIFFERENT!  Depending on how your timeouts are set, disconnecting your PC for 
10 seconds can be nothing to the AS/400 -- newer versions of OS/400 even 
allow you (user selectable) to reconnect to your original session after a 
longer period, much as SEU does to a terminated edit session.  Avoiding the 
obvious question of why you would do this on purpose in the first place, 
pulling the RJ45 out of the back of the PC is a simple device failure -- 
happens all the time due to power, hardware failures, and stupid users.  
Pulling the RJ45 out of the back of the AS/400 is considered an Ethernet card 
failure by the box, and an extremely stupid move by everyone with "Wetware".  
In the latter case, you have all devices failing (unusual) instead of a 
single one (common).  Just what are you trying to achieve here?

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The greatest joy in life is doing what others say you cannot do." -- Walter 
Bagehot
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