Re: TCP/IP to AS/400

[Carl Galgano <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>        If you don't want the QPADEVnnn names, you can simply rename the
>devices.  We did this and also created more devices to ensure that we
>weren't going to have any QPADEVnnn created.
>
>        If you create or rename, make sure the devices have the correct
>type and model number.  We had a few that somehow got changed to the wrong
>type, and then the CA95 couldn't change them back to the proper value for
>some users, possibly due to authority problems or other unknown cause.  We
>had to delete and re-create those devices with proper type.  We never found
>out why some users had problems and others not since they were all in the
>same group profile, but deleting and re-creating solved it permanently for
>some also-unknown reason.  The symptom of the problem was that we had a few
>programmers whose PCs refused to run the regular 5250 emulation but would
>run properly with "Graphical Access". 
>

You may be able to rename the device descriptions, however, you can not
determine which user gets which device description when they start a TELNET
session.  This is similar to how virtual devices are assigned when using
Display Station Pass Thru between 2 AS400s over SNA.

Carl

>                                Best Regards,
>                                L. Paul Andralouis
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