RE: ftp problems pc to i5 at v5r3

Scott,

I'm pretty sure your incorrect here.  It may not make perfect sense, but as I 
understand it, the entry for the local machine is supposed to by in the host 
table.

>From the Infocenter (Configure TCP/IP for the first time):
To define a host table, follow these steps:

   1. Select option 10 (Work with TCP/IP Host Table Entries) from the Configure 
TCP/IP menu, and press Enter.
   2. Specify option 1 (Add) to go to the Add TCP/IP Host Table Entry display, 
and press Enter.
   3. Specify the IP address, the associated local host name and the fully 
qualified host name, and then press Enter.
   4. Specify a plus sign (+) to make space available for more than one host 
name, if necessary.
   5. Repeat these steps for each of the other hosts on the network to which 
you want to communicate with by name, and add an entry for each. 


Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 3:04 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: ftp problems pc to i5 at v5r3
> 
> 
> 
> > Do you have your 520's host name defined in its own host 
> table? I've 
> > seen some weird things happen when it isn't. I always 
> define it alone 
> > and fully qualified with domain name, ex. my520, my520.mydomain.com.
> 
> This does not make sense.  You should never have this in your 
> host table. 
> It makes no sense for the iSeries to connect to itself by 
> it's external IP 
> Address -- if it wants to connect to itself, it should be using 
> 'localhost' (127.0.0.1).  Why go over the network to talk to YOURSELF?
> 
> It also makes no sense for it to need a host table to 
> determine IT'S OWN 
> IP address.  It knows it's IP address since it's defined in 
> the network 
> interface setup.
> 
> Frankly, if you encounter something that doesn't work without 
> the name of 
> the local machine in the host table, it's a bug (and probably 
> someone's 
> stupid mistake) that should be reported and fixed.
> 
> 
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