Re: SNA SERVER & THE AS/400

If all you were dealing with were emulation, junk SNA
Server and NS Router. User's might need a little
reeducation on the emulator. TCP/IP's the way to go.

About Win95 apps on Win2K, gotta have details. What are
they doing that's dependent on Win95? Are their apps 16-
bit? (Yuk!) Are they using something other than ODBC?

Oy!
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm on OS400 V4R5 on a 510 box with current CUM.
>
> In my environment, we have regular AS400 applications, VB applications and 
>some
> ORACLE data connection.  We also have remote connection from arround the 
>world.
> NS Router connects to an SNA server for access to the system.
>
> Given this evironment, is there any reason whatsoever that the SNA server has 
>to
> be in the picture.  Can I do away with the server because I am having too many
> problem with the folks administring the server giving a steady connection for 
>a
> whole week without some kind of a glitch, that disconnects the users.  I also
> want to eliminate the NS Router emulation and go with CAE cause NS Router is 
>not
> supported on Win2K, which is the current OS of choice in my environment.  So I
> have VB folks saying they can not go to Win2k because they have code written
> that will not work if OS is changed from Win95 to Win2k.
>
> Someone educate me here.