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  3. September 2001

Re: SLIP over EIA232 on AS/400?

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Michael Madore wrote:

> I just received my used AS/400 (9402 Model 400).  Somehow in my
> excitement, I didn't realize that it doesn't have a network adapter.
> Doh!

I'm sure you can get a used one somewhere (we may be looking for one
ourselves soon).

> It does have a 2612 EIA232 adapter, and according to what I could find
> in the online documentation,  I should be able to run a SLIP connection
> over this.  My question is:  Will the AS/400 allow me to use a
> null-modem cable to connect to a linux box using SLIP?  I'm reasonably

Just getting it to work with a modem was hard enough when we did it :( .
I'm sure that it can work.  You will probably have to turn off hardware
flow control.  I think the linux SERIAL HOWTO should apply to the AS/400.
Good luck.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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