Re: Starting TCP

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check out the CHGIPLA command (prompt it)

About 1/2 way down you'll see a Start TCP/IP attribute.  It's most 
likely set to *YES.

That's whats most likely starting IP.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/17/2013 11:03 AM, John McKee wrote:
> I'm confused. There is a startup job on the controlling subsystem.
> Essentially the first thing it does is call QSTRUP.  Then, it does STRTCP.
> I retrieved the source of QSTRUP.  Nothing about starting TCP in it.
>
> This startup job, not from IBM, has a MONMSG CPF9999 following the STRTCP
> command.
>
> I thought that TCP would have to be up before the LAN console would be
> available.  This STRTCP was added locally to the vendor code back in 1998.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) When/how is TCP started?
> 2) Is this STRTCP doing anything or just a relic from a long time ago?
>
> I believe this modification dates back to when we were on a CISC box and
> just starting on networking.
>
> Currently at v5r4m0.
>
> I can explain why I was looking, but it started with a request from the
> boss.
>
> John McKee
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