RE: Device Desc. "Recreating"

Are you using TCP/IP with DHCP? If so, your users could be getting a new
IP address every day when they fire up their machines. To the AS/400,
this is a different device.

David Boring
Systems Engineer
MCI Systemhouse
Direct: (562) 809-5460
E-mail: dboring@shl.com


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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:06:36 -0600
From: Sannan Solberg <SSolberg@Washcorp.com>
Subject: Device Desc. "Recreating"

We have mulitple 400's and I am only having this problem on one of them.
It's running V4R1 and the other boxes are anywhere from V3R2 thru V4R2.


Some of our users connect with Rumba which also lets you create a Print
session for your local printer.  This creates a device and outq on the
400 as you would expect.  The first time such an outq is created, you
expectedly get a "forms change" message with the first spool file you
send through it.  After that, you never see the message again.  On this
box, though, I was getting reports that they were getting it every
morning.  In tracking down the problem, I found that the log was
reporting that when a person (RE)CONNECTED (not disconnected) to the 400
with the print session, it was immediately varying off the existing
device, then deleting it, then creating a brand new device.  The Outq is
left intact.  Hence, the messages each morning they fire up the print
session since it is "new" every time.

I've looked at everything trying to figure why the 400 is doing this.
It isn't Rumba telling it to do it and I can't find anything on the 400
yet.  Any ideas??   TIA

**************************************************
Sannan Solberg                          (406)523-1392
Business/Programmer Analyst       (406)523-1636  fax
Washington Corporations             ssolberg@washcorp.com
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