Re: Connect via PC

Our AS400 connects to the Internet via a PC running NT and Win Proxy (a
proxy server, however WIN95/98 could also be used), we FTP to the proxy
server and then the proxy server asks for
the FTP address of the server we wish to connect to on the Internet.  Of
course we can map a port on the proxy server to point to a specific address
and then FTP to the proxy with the mapped port and bypass the need to enter
the external IP address of the FTP server we wish to connect to.

Unfortunately, the FTP is only one way.  We can not FTP from the Internet to
the AS400 through the proxy server.  This is true even with any FTP server
on the secure side of our network, not just the AS400.  I have addressed
this issue with the mfg of Winproxy.  They hope to address it in a future
release.  Can anyone recommend another Proxy Server that will allow FTP both
ways?

Regards,
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
http://cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
mailto://cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
(770) 422-2995

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: Connect via PC


|At 03:28 PM 7/21/98 , Alan Novick wrote:
|>I have a PC connected to my AS/400 via TCP/IP.  The PC can also dial my
|>internet account.  Can the AS/400 access the internet (ftp for example)
|>through the PC?  What configuration steps do I need to take?
|
|I would suspect so ... but I don't know how exactly.
|
|The key would be to make your PC a proxy server with a program like
WINGATE.
|
|You would have to make some extra steps for things like FTP and TELNET
though.
|
|david
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