RE: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory

Are the netserver ports being blocked by a firewall/router by chance? 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:09 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory

I have Client Access loaded on my PC's at home and I can
start a 5250 session connecting to our iSeries at the
office.

(I obviously use an external IP address that points to our
iSeries)

 

I would like to map a drive on my home PC to a directory in
the IFS on our iSeries

I map the drive using the same method I use in the office
except I use the external IP address for the iSeries 

This external IP address is the same IP address I use to
start my 5250 session from my home PC's

 

Example: \\external <file:///\\external>  IP Address for
iSeries\Share name for the IFS directory

Example: \\74.999.999.999\acct

 

On my PC A at home it just keeps prompting me for my user id
and password

 

On another PC B I get a windows message box:

"The network path \\74.999.999.999\acct <file:///\\external>
could not be found"

 

I am using Windows XP Professional

I do not use a windows password 

When mapping the drive I click on the "Connect using a
different user name" and when prompted I enter my iSeries
user Id and password

I have checked to make sure my iSeries user profile is not
disabled 

I can start a 5250 session on both PC's using Client Access

 

Just for kicks I did try to map a drive on my PC at the
office using this external IP address and it worked fine

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance 

 

John