RE: SLIP dialup to internet

Yes - this type of dial setup is fine if your AS/400 is always going to
dial the ISP to pick up and send mail.



Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Tostaine, Jr. [SMTP:atostain@crecomp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 7:37 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: SLIP dialup to internet
> 
> Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> > I think your ISP is dynamically assigning your AS/400's address each
> > time you dial into them.
> > Dial-up connections are basically good for you to get access out to
> the
> > Internet, not very useful for the Internet to access you if your IP
> > address changes each time you dial-in.
> >
> > Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~
> 
> I understand that a dialup solution would not be good for serving, but
> I'm only
> looking to learn/test this setup that will eventually be a dedicated
> connection.
> Once dedicated, we will use a router, and that will eliminate the SLIP
> portion.
> 
> My ISP is dynamically assigning an IP to me, that part of my SLIP
> script is
> setup, and the 400 correctly assigns itself the address.  My problem
> is that I
> don't quite understand what the remote IP address is.
> 
> When I try to ping the 400 from another internet PC, one of my ISP's
> routers
> responds that the host is unreachable.
> 
> Wouldn't this type of dial up setup be useful when you pay an ISP to
> be your mail
> server, and your as/400 just dials in at intervals to retrieve the
> mail down to
> its own POP3 server?
> 
> --
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> Creative Computer Associates, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ 08859
> 
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