Re: connecting 2 as400s

[rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm networking challenged myself, but I do know that you can use SNA over
TCP.  If you have an ethernet card for your iseries you can connect over
TCP.  What version of OS/400 are you on?

here is a link which should tell pretty much anything you need to know.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzahgicnet2.htm


good luck,

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Hello all,
BTW - I am a network admin with more knowledge on the PC side, please
pardon
my lack of as400 knowledge.  Also, hope I chose the correct list to post
this question.

Right now my company has has an as400 that connects to outside as400s
(clients) via a "passthru" over old ibm modems.  The great thing for users
is that they can use sna and snads and run via their client access, etc.
The negative is that these modems sit on an old e50 and one day it will die
and there will be nothing to replace it.

Also these modems are old and expensive to purchase. I am trying to figure
out a replacement, hopefully over the Internet.  I do not want this change
to be any different for the user (ie still be able to use client access and
sna -snads and their regular commands.

My first step is to try and connect two as400s on my (tcp/ip) network.  Can
I do this without having to purchase more hardware?  I have done some
research but I
just can't find the one doc/howto about connecting two as400 servers across
a tcp/ip and still continue to use sna.

 Thank you for you help -