Re: IP Packet logging

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tim,

You wrote:
>Can I do this on the 400?  Or do I need one of our network people?

You can do it all from the AS/400 provided you are suitably authorised.
The command is Start Communications Trace (STRCMNTRC).  Print
Communications Trace (PRTCMNTRC) lets you print the data or create an
outfile.

>I have an IP printer setup as a device, and I would like to view the IP
>info that is being sento that printer from the 400?  Is there any way to
>log that outbound traffic to that one IP?

The STRCMNTRC command allows you to filter by IP Protocol, Remote IP
Address, Remote MAC Address, and much more.  The only difficulty is that
the AS/400 is an EBCDIC machine and most TCP traffic is ASCII so you spend
lots of time deciphering hexadecimal.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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