Re: The role of 'PING'

Dear Jns,

For years I had an AS/400 host (token ring only)
servicing a series of Ethernet printers in a test lab.

The network looked like this:

AS/400 --> Token Ring --> Multi-homed Microsoft Win NT
Terminal Services box with token ring and ethernet
NIC's, acting as a router --> printers on Ethernet.

Initially I configured the AS/400 TCP routing table
with routes to each individual printer's IP address
via the Win NT TSE box. Each time after an IPL, I
ended up in the condition you describe and the PING
would resolve the problem.

Some years later, I re-configured the AS/400 with a
default route entry pointing to the IP address of the
Win NT TSE box and I removed all of the individual
entries for each printer's IP Address. The default
route entry is the i5 OS - OS/400 terminology for a
gateway statement.

After making this change, I didn't encounter the
inability to connect to any of the Ethernet printers
after an IPL any longer.

I don't know why this change helped but you might want
to check the TCP route entry on your IBM host to reach
the third party warehouse.

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx

>date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:11:59 -0700 (PDT)
>from: jns <JNS@xxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: The role of 'PING'
>
>I have been having problems w/ a remote printer, that
>actually goes through a third party warehouse. The
>spool will stay in "SND" status. I tell the manager
>there to reset everything then I END the writer,
>restart. Often >nothing happens, but then I remember
>to see if I can PING, and then it prints again. Does
>the PING so something?

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