RE: Connect via PC

        The key question is, if, in some unspecified future point in
time, there SHOULD be another release, then would, hypothetically, NAT
support be part of the base OS/400, or an optional chargeable feature,
or only available as part of the Firewall for AS/400 product, or some
combination of the previous options ???    :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Martz [SMTP:jmartz@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 10:22 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Connect via PC
> 
> >> The only way to get this to work would be if the
> >> PC is running some type of software that does
> >> NAT (Network Address Translation) and I have not
> >> seen any PC software to do this (yet).
> 
> For what it's worth, although OS/400 does NOT, I repeat NOT support
> NAT at this
> time, in some bright, unspecified, future day AS/400 might support
> NAT.
> 
> 
> To put it another way, if IBM actually ships another release after
> V4R2 ... and
> I'm NOT saying IBM WILL do this ... but if they did then possibly it
> would (1)
> be called V4R3 and (2) would contain support for NAT. If this were to
> actually
> happen then you would be able to have the AS/400 connect to the ISP
> and the PC
> could connect to the Internet via the AS/400's connection to the ISP.
> 
> Usual caveats: This is just specualation and talk, not a commitment.
> Wait for
> an official announcement from IBM of release availablity and function
> before
> actually planning on release contents. You can't trust what I say.
> Yada, yada.
> Do not fold, spindle, mutilate, et cetera. <g>
> 
> Realize this doesn't help with your immediate problem. But it's
> something to
> mull over while showering in the morning.
> 
> -john martz
> IBM AS/400 TCP/IP PPP development (and stuff)
> Internet e-mail:                     jmartz@us.ibm.com
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