Re: AS/400 access via the web

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack:

What type of app do you wish to run for the user to access over the Internet?  Is it a client server app, a Java app or do you just want to allow access to a green screen emulation session over the internet?  There are a zillion ways to do some of this.

1.  If you only want green screen access but want it started from a web page so each user or potential user does not need a TN5250 emulator, you could try mochsoft's JAVA TN5250 emulator.  you can server the Java applet from a web page and the emulator is loaded to the client PC from the web page as a Java applet and then presto, you get an AS400 signon screen.  If is really pretty slick. 

2.  If you want a more GUI feel to current apps, you could use a TN5250 emulator that does 5250 to HTML emulator on the fly, the bosanova TCP/IP product does a pretty good job of this, or you could use IBM's WSG (workstation gateway, which will do the 5250 to HTML into a web browser)

3.  you could convert your apps to Java clients.... but that is a discussion best left for one of the smart guys on this list....... I have exhausted my knowledge.  I hope some of it is of help to you.

 

BTW, std disclaimer, I don't work for or have any relationship with the product mentioned above.  You can find mocha at www.mochasoft.dk and bosanova at www.bosanova.com

 

Regards,

 

Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Mullins <jmullins@sundash.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 7:14 PM
Subject: AS/400 access via the web

Hello All:

 

We are looking for a secure, stable and easy way to give our users access to our AS/400 via an internet Web browser.  Also, we need to be able to publish some of our sales order data on the web, but, only to the relative customers.  I know that several companies offer these types of services/software packages, but, I don't personally know anyone who is using them.  I would like to hear your considerable opions and recommendations, please.  What kind of hardware configurations do you have experience with and how well do they perform in this capacity?  We have an AS/400 model 620 and a seperate WindowsNT server which would also be available if needed. 

 

Thanks for any and all input.

 

 

Jack Mullins, Programmer/Analyst
Nucor Steele
P.O. Box 30
Armorel, AR 72310
870-762-2100 ext 360