Re: TCP/IP Catch-22?

["Jeffrey M. Carey" <jeffreycarey@xxxxxxx>]

> I'm going to have to RTFM, but I've got too many other things going to
> get there yet.  My understanding is the AS/400 cannot be a DNS. 
> Therefore I won't (can't) have one.  I created a HOSTS file on my PC and
> entered host tables entries on the AS/400.  My understanding is since I
> don't have a DNS, I must maintain this hosts table and identical HOSTS
> files on each PC in our office. 
> 

Yes, the AS/400 cannot be a DNS (until V4R2).  However, you can use a
separate DNS.  Just specify up to three of them in the "Remote Name
Server" option of CFGTCP.  Without it, the hosts file must be
maintained.  This file is only used by PC5250, however, since if you
change your connection in CA (but don't change the Hosts file), CA will
attach, but PC5250 won't come up. Watch for this if you set up CA wrong
the first time!  Unless it's been corrected, the Hosts file doesn't get
updated each time you change the CA config.
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