Re: Thin Clients and TCP/IP

Is it too much hassle to use a basic PC (cost about $600) running Windows
over ethernet with a basic TCP/IP client like Synapse IP Client Display
($89) vs. an etherent terminal?  Why not?  You get email and browser too.

Jerry

Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, Windows, Linux,
Sun, and AS/400
Representing Synapse, CLI, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, 3Com and Others .....
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@trilosoft.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Naughton <mnaughton@juddwire.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Thin Clients and TCP/IP


> Howdy,
>
> I have searched the archives, but I didn't find anything on this topic.
> We're starting to use thin clients to replace our dumb terminals on the
> shop floor, and we're running into some problems. The biggest issue is
> that when the thin client is powered off and then powered back on again,
> it can't establish a session with on the AS/400 because there's already
> one there that the AS/400 thinks is active. Is there any way to prevent
> this? We're using NeoStations from Neoware, if that makes a difference.
>
> On a related topic, does any one have any experience with other thin
> clients? The archives seemed to say good things about Citrix. . . .
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Naughton
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Judd Wire, Inc.
> 124 Turnpike Road
> Turners Falls, MA  01376
> 413-863-4357 x444
> mnaughton@juddwire.com
>
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