Re: TCP/IP to AS/400

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carl Galgano wrote:
> 
> >        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.
> 

Except that with STRPASTHR you can select a specific device:

STRPASTHR RMTLOCNAME(*CNNDEV)
          CNNDEV(REMOTE400)  
          VRTDEV(FRED01)       

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