Re: Dial in to ECS port

At 10:32 PM 4/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm sure this has been covered here before, but I'm looking for an
>inexpensive & reliable way to dial into an ECS port and log in (assuming the
>host AS/400 is configured to allow this).
>
>1.  Will a Hayes Autosync modem work as well and as reliably as an IBM Sync
>modem?

Yes. and cost 1/2 the price.

>
>2.  Will an IBM 7855 work as well as a 5853, assuming I'm dialing into a
5853?

Yes, but who wants to work at 2400 baud in this day and age.

Don't forget that you will need client 5250 software at the PC dialing up
with the SDLC or autosync solution.  I sell, support, and recommend Synapse
WinAPPC which comes with the NSrouter which supports the autosync modem as
well as virtually any SDLC card if you go that way.  Free tech support and
free online updates are available - a plus.

The new 3.10 release of NSrouter-32 will do autosync but I haven't tested
it myself.  Be sure to patch it with the 310upd.exe before you try anything.

BTW, be sure to set he MAX DATA SIZE to 265 to shorten the frame sizes for
better throughput.  This is a critical setting IME.


Regards,


Jerry




Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com

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