RE: Network task

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

John,

 Do you have a firewall in place that might interfere with the 
connection, including one on the PC like ZoneAlarm?

 -mark


At 6/7/2011 03:35 PM, you wrote:
> I must be doing something wrong.
>
> >From my pc:
>
> net time \\winserver
> Current time at \\winserver is
>
> >From th i:
> RUNRMTCMD CMD(' net time') RMTLOCNAME('\\winserver' *IP)  either 
> with my network login or without, I get the following:
>
> CPE3425 "A remote host refused an attempted connect operation."
>
> Seems like some different protocol is being used.
>
> Also, I have tried it with and without the leading \\ characters.
>
> My pc may be authenticating in the background.  Thus no need for the 
> user name and password.  A guess.  But, what can cause the CPE3425 
> error when attempting to communicate with the same server"?
>
> John McKee
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Harman, Roger" Roger.Harman@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:07:00 -0500
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Network task
>
> > RunRmtCmd should work.  You need to do a "net start [servicename]"
> >
> > I've also used Aaron Bartell's RPG2DeskTop utility to kick off 
> jobs on a Win PC.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:48 AM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: Network task
> >
> > John,
> >
> > By "nudged" it sounds like you want to restart the service.  I forget what
> > it's called on Windows systems, but would something like RUNRMTCMD work for
> > you?
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> > "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.  But this wasn't it." 
> -Groucho Marx
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jmmckee
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:56 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Network task
> >
> > >From a DOS command line, I can perform some simple tasks on another
> > computer.  One, for example, is net time \\computername
> >
> > Is there a way of doing this on the i?
> >
> > We have a service on a Windows server that needs to be nudged at apparently
> > random intervals.  On that specific server, a service is stopped and
> > restarted.  We have a program on the i that can indicate whether the remote
> > computer service needs to be nudged.  What I would like to do is have that
> > program be able to do that nudging.  But, that appears to be based on
> > understanding what happens when a net time \\computername is performed.  Is
> > that command using a networking function that the i does not have?
> >
> > John McKee