Re: Client Access problem

[Howard Weatherly <hweatherly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Larry,

I think that would be a great place to start but we are all using CA and
it is just this one machine!

Larry Bolhuis wrote:
> 
> Very strong probability here that you do not have Either of A) an DNS
> server on the network that will translate 'your400' to it's IP address
> or B) an entry in the HOSTS file (In WINDOZE.. oops I'm sorry, WINDOWS
> directory) that contains a line:
> 
> x.x.x.x your400
> 
> where x.x.x.x is the IP address of you AS/400 and your400 is it's
> name.
> 
> This line translates the name to the address.  This can easily be
> verified by goint to an MS-DOS command prompt and typing 'PING
> your400'.  If you get no response then both A and B are not present.
> Add the line above and you will solve your problem.
> 
>  HTH - Larry
> 
> Howard Weatherly wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > We have a situation where one of our clients was running CA under Win95
> > just fine but her machine was retired and a new one with WIN98 was
> > installed. Now we can verify the connection and in fact connect to the
> > AS400  but as soon as we try to configure a session, we get a (lightning
> > bolt) 697 {or some such number}.
> >
> > Additionally, the version of CA on the 400 is for WIN95 or NT.
> >
> > My questions:
> >
> > Is there anyone running CA under WIN98 with V4R2M0 on the 400?
> > Did you need to load any specific PTF's?
> > Any not so obvious gotchas involved?
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