CA/400 Multiple Sign On Dialog Boxes

[Jeffrey Stevens <jssteven@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> >What I'm looking for is the "good old PC Support" behavior that added a
> >sequence of 'S1', 'S2', etc., to your PC's host name. I want this along
> >with the new named device capability in TCP/IP. It's really irksome to keep
> >losing good functionality.
> 
> I'm afraid this doesn't exist for TCP/IP connectivity with a named device.

Actually, this can be done with Telnet TN5250E support and Telnet User
Exits, so this IS supported.

> With a telnet device, there is no APPC device. The name you specify is the 
>actual display. Therefore, if you start a session and then click File | Run 
>Same,
> you will be attempting to allocate a device that is already in use. If you 
>want to see some really interesting behavior, click the auto-reconnect check 
>box and
> try this. Depending on the PTF level of your system, you may need to do an 
>IPL to recover.

The design of any client that "auto-reconnects" can make the client go into
a loop with the telnet server, where the client is being denied access or
the requested device is already in use.  This is actually a client design
issue, lest anyone think the Telnet server is the problem.
-- 
J.S. (Jeffrey) Stevens      AS/400 TCP/IP          (Telnet/WSG/LPD)
Work:  jssteven@us.ibm.com        Personal:  jstevens@stny.lrun.com
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