RE: iSeries to Internet via Router (was: Why is the iSeries so slow)

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can either put the 400 in the DMZ (dangerous) of the Linksys, but that
would totally expose the 400 to the internet, or you can just forward ports
thru the Linksys to the AS400 (ie port 23 for telnet access).  Just depends
on what you want to do.
One other thing about using the Linksys, if you are going to use the DHCP
server built into the Linksys, the 400 will not obtain an address from it,
so be sure to configure the interface on the AS400 and be sure to use an IP
address that is not in the range of the Linksys's DHCP server.
David is correct, the Linksys is a consumer grade product, but can handle
most task nicely.
cjg

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Steve Richter wrote:
> Can I connect an as400 to the internet using a $40 befsr41 linksys 
> ethernet/dsl router?  ( this is an actual question :). I need to 
> connect my 170 to the web thru my dsl line )

No reason you shouldn't be able to.

The linksys router is consumer grade, so don't expect it to be as robust 
as a a full blown router... but it should do the job quite adequately.

david


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