Re: SNA

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

Johnny,

 If you have them active and have assigned a unique mode desctiption
to the devices on the Ethernet side, prompt the STRPASTHR command and
enter that mode name in the MODE parameter (the default is *NETATR)
You should then use the ethernet side.  You can tell by checking the
line on either side for an active mode.

 - Larry

Johnny Helms wrote:
> 
> Thanks Larry.  Yes we are in the middle of a token-ring to ethernet 
>conversion.
> LOTS OF FUN for those who haven't done this yet.  I created the controllers
> and devices and they are active.  How can I test to make sure they are 
>working?
> I don't believe we will use it for passthru yet.  I was hoping to test it
> and make sure
> it is working then at some point delete the old controllers and device
> descriptions
> from the token-ring side and rename the controllers and devices on  the
> ethernet side
> to the old names from the  token-ring.  I guess I am trying to stay away
> from a lot of
> change network attributes, etc.   Any comments or suggestions?
> 
> >Johnny,
> >
> >  You certainly CAN do this but it is not as simple as it would seem.
> >First off the T/R is probably going to be faster anyway unless it is
> >4MB and the Ethernet is 100. Are you looking for more bandwidth or are
> >you migrating from T/R to Ethernet?
> >
> >  Creating the second connection is not too difficult:  You will need
> >controllers (different names of course) on each Ethernet line. I
> >believe the only difference between these and the ones on the T/R line
> >is that they need a different APPN Transmission Group number.  You
> >will also need devices (different names again) and these must specify
> >different Mode names (Probably new one that you created based on the
> >default in the network attributes).  To use the new link you must
> >specify the Mode name assigned on the Ethernet devices.  (In
> >STRPASTHR, CRTDDMF etc)
> >
> >  Hope this helps.
> >
> >  - Larry.
> >
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> ------Johnny Helms------
> Rock Hill Telephone Co.
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