RE: Leased Line vs. ???

Have you used VPN over TCP/IP (is that a valid term?) to do 5250 display and
printing?  If so, could you describe what was involved in setting it up and
the costs?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------

VPN

is the only  way to go.

Least trouble/costs


At 04:48 PM 11/09/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>LOL!  Yeah, I even volunteered "working" over the weekend.  Well, hey, it

>would have to be set up off hours, right?  Sure would beat Michigan in
 January!

>

>Dan Bale

>IT - AS/400

>Handleman Company

>248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

>

>-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------

>Sounds like a site visit to me.

>

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: D.BALE@handleman.com [mailto:D.BALE@handleman.com]

>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:01 PM

>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

>Subject: Leased Line vs. ???

>

>

>A situation came up where we need to stick an AS/400 "workstation" & printer

>in Hawaii and "attach" it to an AS/400 in Reno, Nevada.  They're talking

>about

>getting a leased line to do this at a startup cost of $1000 and monthly fees

>of $900.

>

>Traffic volume is not expected to be significant; this workstation would be

>used primarily to request a shipping label to be printed on the label

>printer.

> The display will be a PC, not a dumb terminal.

>

>What are some other options that could be considered at less cost?  Dial-up

>is

>absolutely out of the question.

>

>I thought I had heard VPN (virtual private network) being used as a

>lower-cost, reliable alternative to leased line, but my memory is fuzzy on

>this.

>

>Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

>

>Dan Bale

>IT - AS/400

>Handleman Company

>248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

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Glenn

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Glenn Ericson,

IBM Certified Specialist

Phoenix Consulting LLC

East Elmhurst, NY USA

Phone 718 898 9805       Fax 718 446 1150

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