Re: Console issues upgrading from V4R5 to V5R1

This reminds me - Ops Console uses 192.168.0.0 subnet -
make sure the PC you're using is on another subnet.

Vern
> I've setup a new 270 on 5.1 with ops console (1st time). I would print out
> the manual
> "iSeries Operations Console Setup" SC41-5508-02 or later. The folding poster
> "Cabling your model xxx to a PC" messed me up big time. Read the book before
> you start, and highlight the path you want to take. It's overly complex
> because the book is describing multiple scenarios. I did get it to go. My
> biggest problem was a Win98 PC that apparently had some part of the ip stack
> "windozed". It would talk to the internet, but not Ops Console. Replaced
> with an XP pc & worked fine. There is a test Support Line took me thru with
> HyperTerm that proved the Win98 pc was bad. Other big problem many on this
> list had is the password upper/lower case change & the diff between DST
> passwords & "regular" passwords. Know this before you start!
> good luck
> jim franz