Re: Some more ethernet questions -- MIDRANGE-L

Hello from germany,

answers inline :

Rosewood schrieb:

> Thanks to a lot of help from you guys, all has been going well.  If any
> of yall come through Wichita, KS some time (and im over 21 then) look me
> up, Ill buy ya a beer.
>
> I have a few more questions.
>
>   1:  How do I get TCP/IP to run on IPL?  PS - The agents that use these
> AS400s don't need nor use them for HTTP/POP/SMTP/FTP ETC servers - can
> these different ones not be started up always as well ? (I think I got
> that figured out from TCPADM screen).

There is a startup program which is call when the system starts its controlling
subsystems, this is done during a sucessful IPL procedure.
The location/name of the program that is called is controlled by a system value
(WRKSYSVAL  QSTRUPGM), the object defined there has to be a valid
CL-PGM. There is an IBM-supplied template for this, which you can retrieve
to have a starting point for your own self-made startup program.
(RTVCLSRC QSYS/QSTRUP, I put this source on QGPL/QCLSRC(QSTRUP))
I usually do NOT modify this and recompile, instead, I always leave the original
from IBM in place (because of release changes) and in the first line of my own
startup PGM  I do a CALL on this one to have the "IBM-things" done before I
add on my "specials". Like this, you never loose modifications on an upgrade of
your OS/400, you just have to change the sysval again ...
How is TCPIP being started then ?
For me the code in my QSTRUPTCP called PGM is looking like this

    PGM
    CALL (QSYS/QSTRUP)
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    STRTCP
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    STRHOSTSVR (RCDPCL *TCP)
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    . . . .


    MONMSG (CPF0000) is only to avoid any messages to keep the system from
starting up correctly, because some job is waiting for an answer in QSYSOPR  ...


>
>   2:  Some agents share the system between multiple offices (in same
> building).  When they were on terminals, every time they logged on -
> they were always on the same "Display" - such as DSP02, etc.  That ment
> they could configure their printers and help levels etc. and they were
> always the same for them.  This also ment they could have on the
> terminals or via emulation cards 3 sessions setup one way and the 4th
> another.  However, now when they sign on (either with the BOS TCP/IP
> software or MochaSoft) they get whatever sessions are availble.  So, one
> day I may be using one session and the next I would get one setup for
> the guy down the hall.  -- Is there a way to specify which display
> session I get?  OR -- How would I go about setting it up so these
> settings (especialy which printers, which are twinax attached, are to be
> used) to be user specific?

Think you mentioned Mocha client before...

go to the terminal settings, there is a field "Display name" which is initially
empty. You just put any name in here you want to be used as your session
name when the AS/400 automatically creates that device. Of course,
these names must be unique per system, otherwise you cannot connect.


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HTH, greetings, Philipp Rusch