RE: can't ping AS/400 from outside

How do it know?  Somehow, the 400 must be able to tell that you aren't
inside.  Subnet mask?  Address translation on the network somewhere - like a
proxy?  Routing?  Some filter setting on the AS/400 NIC card?  Can people at
the site ping the machine from a hub outside the firewall or whatever?

Richard Jackson
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:26 AM
To: List Midrange
Subject: can't ping AS/400 from outside


Ok folks,

This has me stumped:

1) given a network with AIX, Webserver, and AS/400
2) network connected to internet
3) from PC connected to interne (5000 miles away)
I can ping AIX, get pages from the Webserver,
but all attempts to ping the AS/400 times out.
4) Can ping the AS/400 from PCs on the intranet.
5) All IP addresses are correct.

Why can't I access the AS/400 from the outside?
No firewall problem that I know of.
Any special configuration for this needed on the AS/400?

TIA

Leif Svalgaard

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