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Well, this is an obscure one, but it makes sense once you find out what's going on. The answer is, Ops Console uses network address 192.168.0.0 subnet mask 255.255.255.0, and this CANNOT be changed. Our intranet had the same setup. When you use a direct cable, it is like another network card, and you cannot have 2 network cards with the same network address/subnet combination. It always worked with my boss's laptop because that was not on our net. He also remembered (from 3 years ago) that we should have disconnected the net-attached computer to get a console. I have changed our net to 192.168.1.0 (255.255.255.0) and it works great. Fortunately, we have fewer than 10 PCs to worry about - took only an afternoon to get it right, changing fixed addresses on AS/400s and other servers, etc. So, Al, you might be able to use it after all ;-) This answer came from Lee Sutton, who posted it on comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc. A coworker found it there. There's a response from a Darryl Johns at IBM: "Talk about unintended consequences!" I bet NONE of the developers of this sat behind a LinkSys DSL gateway and has to face this. Everything at IBM is probably class A (10.0.0.0). Of course, LinkSys defaults to 192.168.1.1 (255.255.255.0) and someone from here had changed it. Oy! Oy! Sorry, I'm ranting a bit. Please disregard, somewhat, these latter comments. Vern - happy at last - I have a console! I use it for 2 boxes - just swap cables.
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