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Hi group,

I have a tricky situation that I'm trying to solve, without success so 
far.

We have a client-server package that runs a batch job for each user 
connected to the iSeries (V5R1M0).

Sometimes, the user needs to download a document from his 'home' server, 
the location of which is kept in a user file.  These documents are 
replicated to several different servers located around the globe.

There are a number or roaming users, and when they are working away from 
home, the system should of course refer to the closest server, which may 
or may not be their usual 'home server'.

My idea was to have the job retrieve the user's IP address, which will 
beyond doubt identify the location from where the user is logged in, and 
the closest server.

I know how to do this for an interactive (5250) session, but there's no 
device description associated with these batch jobs so that approach 
cannot be used.

We are always certain of the local port used by the application, and of 
course we know the job name & number.

Is there any way - using an API - to retrieve the remote address 
associated with a certain local address / job combination in the TCP/IP 
connections?

When looking at NETSTAT *CNN, I can do a subset by local port, and then 
look at the jobs associated with each remote address, but I need to do 
this from within a program.

Thanks in advance!

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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