Re: RE: RE: Accessing AS400 Through Port Redirection

Hi Mike

I already have the standard external ports, (80, 21, 23, etc) mapped to the 
relevant servers within the network and they work fine.  I have always been led 
to believe that mapping alternative ports to these ports on different servers 
is fine but it requires the external port to be specified (which I don't mind 
doing).

I started looking at the redirection to port 80, purely because I thought it 
would be the easiest to test - a different web page to that of my normal web 
server - figuring that if I could access a web page on the AS/400 then it 
should be fairly straight forward to access an interactive session with Client 
Access or Mocha TN5250 as the emulator.

I will double check the default route when I get back home on Friday.

Thanks

Jonathan



-----Original message-----
From: "Mike Silvers" MSilvers@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:17:50 +0000
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: RE: Accessing AS400 Through Port Redirection

> Ok -- two things -- first -- a web page is not required to sign on to
> the 400.  Second, from what you described, the external traffic going to
> the web server originates from port 4000 in the external world.  If you
> would like the web page to be displayed to the outside world, the
> external port should be port 80.  So -- there should be no redirection
> going on.  The router should be set to allow port 80 to pass thru to
> 192.168.0.100.
> 
> If you would like to have remote access, I would recommend one of two
> ways.  The first is Client Access with SSL encryption.  The second way
> would be a VPN to your network and sign on using either Client Access
> (no SSL) or Rumba.
> 
> Mike 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mason
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:05 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: RE: Accessing AS400 Through Port Redirection
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> No, I use my registered domain address which gets the request to the
> router.  The AS400 is on a private address, 192.168.0.100, and the
> router redirects port 4000 to 192.168.0.100:80
> 
> Ultimately I want to be able to sign on to the AS400 over the internet
> when I'm working away from home - which happens a lot these days.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Jonathan 
> 
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Mike Silvers" MSilvers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:40:13 +0000
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Accessing AS400 Through Port Redirection
> 
> > When you are trying to access the web page from the external world,
> are
> > you using the url: http://ipaddress:4000/ ? 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mason
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:06 AM
> > To: Midrange-L
> > Subject: Accessing AS400 Through Port Redirection
> > 
> > I have a model 150 running v4r5 at home which is connected to my home
> > network.  I also have a cable broadband connection to my network with
> a
> > static IP address and a Draytek Vigor 2104p router peforming NAT and
> > Port Redirection.
> > 
> > I want to be able to access the AS/400 over the internet, and have set
> > up Port Redirection to map a specific port to the AS/400 (for example
> > Port 4000 being redirected to the AS/400's port 80).  However, when I
> > try to connect from outside of the network I get no response from the
> > AS/400.  Looking at the router, I can see that the Port Redirection
> has
> > generated the correct address and port, but the AS/400 doesn't pick it
> > up.
> > 
> > Is there anything that needs to be configured on the AS/400 that I may
> > have missed?  I can see web pages from within the network, but not
> from
> > the outside.
> > 
> > Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > 
> > Jonathan Mason
> > www.astradyne-uk.com
> > 
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