Re: Client Access stays connected

[Dennis Lovelady <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Mike:


On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Mike Cunningham wrote:

> When any of our users need to reboot their PC because of a Windows
> lockup or error, their Client Access sessions remain active on the
> AS/400.  From the As/400 they look like they are still active.  Then,
> since we name our display sessions to match the PC the person is at,
> they can't reconnect to the AS/400 after reboot because that device is
> still active and in use. The user just gets a black screen with no
> indication of the problem.  We have tested this and sometimes the
> session will remain active for 30 minutes or more.  We usually end of
> terminating the sessions so the user can reconnect.  Is there some
> setting somewhere that we can change that would stop this from
> happenning ?

Are you using Netware for SAA as your gateway to the AS/400?  NWSAA had,
some years ago when I stopped using it, a problem in that it didn't notify
the AS/400 that the connection was lost.  It turned out, if I remember
correctly, that this was due to Microsoft Windows' lack of ability to
properly handle synchronous communications.  The best solution I found,
was to go with TCP/IP and eliminate the SAA servers altogether.  Saves
money, saves overhead, spares a server for some other function.... maybe
something worthwhile, like Linux. :^)

HTH
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Dennis Lovelady                    Fayetteville, GA
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