RE: Ethernet & Token ring w/CA

Thanks for all your responses - i'd managed to confuse myself by setting the
connections up under different environments....

Regards,
Stuart


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Lovelady [SMTP:dennis@lovelady.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 7:08 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: Ethernet & Token ring w/CA
> 
> Hi, Chris
> 
> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Chris Bipes wrote:
> 
> > You can create a new entry in your hosts file that points to the
> Ethernet
> > address.  I don't think the system name is used for any more than DNS.
> > Please correct me if I am wrong.  Can't seem to find documentation on
> this.
> 
> You are correct.  In fact, you can call the systems by any name you wish
> (easy now, don't let management know about some of your choices, though).
> Not only that, you can refer to any IP address with any of up to four
> system names, such as:
> 
> 
> (excerpts from \windows\hosts file)
> 10.1.25.1 mainsys as400-ether ethernet big-guy
> 10.1.26.1 tr as400-token token-ring i-hope-this-works
> 
> You can use any of the following names to access the .25.1 address:
>    mainsys
>    as400-ether
>    ethernet
>    big-guy
> 
> The AS/400 does not have knowledge of what system name you used to access
> it.  This is standard TCP/IP fact.
> 
> HTH
> --  
> Dennis Lovelady                    Fayetteville, GA
> mail: dennis@lovelady.com          dennis.e.lovelady@ac.com
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