Re: AS/400 internet conection

[email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)]

Mike,

We have a setup like Art describes.  Really simple.
The local telco (USWest) charges $85/mo for an ISDN line and NWNexus has
a soho offering of 250 hours/month for $85/mo.  That covers 10 hours/day
before extra charges kick in.

NWNexus provided a router (Netopia) for $700, which they configured with
a static IP address.

The only problem we have run into is that the ISP setup is designed for
outbound traffic.  When the router at the 400 times out, it doesn't wake
up from outside traffic.  We wrote a program that does a ping every 15
seconds and that solved that.

HTH

"Art Tostaine, Jr." wrote:
> 
> Full time connections cost anywhere from $300 to $2000 per month based on
> the speed you want.  In most cases you'll have to pay the phone provider and
> an ISP.
> 
> A customer of mine in Jersey City, NJ pays $239 to Bell Atlantic and $250 to
> an ISP for 128K ISDN service.  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
>
> > Subject: AS/400 internet conection
> >
> >
> > Hi all....
> >
> > I would like some help with our AS/400 and the internet.  We
> > would like to
> > have our 400 accessible to our developers over the internet.
> > 
> >
> > Mike Silvers
> >
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