RE: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again -- MIDRANGE-L

Yes and Yes. The OS/390 guys should know how to do this. The define telnet
statement can be
for a "pool" of IP addresses and the pool can default to the TCP menu
allowing the users
to access any apps defined to the menu. I use DHCP also, so by making pools
of addresses I can force different nodes of the network to go to different
apps/menus. But in your case it would probably be best for all to default to
the TCP menu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@rutgersinsurance.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:41 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again


Ok, send we use DHCP for the PCs, static mapping would not be the best thing
(plus, what do you if one person needs to access more than one app?).  BUT
you said the IP address is optional?  You can make a menu and just tell ALL
tcp connections to go to it by default?

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <kmskeele@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again


> That is just the address of the client. I explicitly define all my IP
> addresses in the local
> network for the fact that I can route certain clients to different apps.
But
> this is optional,
> they dont need to do it, it can be a global default.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@rutgersinsurance.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:18 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again
>
>
> What ip address are you defining?
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kmskeele@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:00 AM
> Subject: RE: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again
>
>
> > I have not worked on OS/390 but on VSE the TCP stack could be configured
> to
> > allow a telnet session to come into a TCP menu. This would allow the
> telnet
> > user to access different apps
> > (prodcics, roscoe, etc.) Have them check into that.
> > DEF TEL,ID=T156001,TERM=WTCPW001,TAR=TCPMENU,IP=10.1.156.1,POOL=YES
> > This is my example of defining a ip address to a VTAM name and and
> > application target TCPMENU
> > They would have to code the menu as an app itself (and create the menu)
> > A session manager is a solution also, but there are ways around it.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@rutgersinsurance.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:36 AM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Connecting to the OS/390 via TCP/IP .... again
> >
> >
> > Ok, from what I have tried out it seems the AS/400 telnet client is the
> way
> > to go.
> >
> > One issue I have come across.  The OS/390 has a couple apps: PRODCICS,
> > Roscoe, etc.  Well, from what the Mainframe guy in the remote office
told
> > me, is that they can only specify one application.  And if the user
wants
> to
> > go to another one, they can't, because the telnet session automatically
> > sends them to the one default app.
> >
> > He says to get around that we need a Session Manager program.  About
$5500
> a
> > year.
> >
> > Does this make sense?  Is there a better/cheaper way?
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> >
> >
> >
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