Re: Connecting i5 Express to Internet

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Go here and do a little reading...

http://www.easy400.net/tcpcfgs

and a router/firewall would be of help.

Rich Dotson wrote:
> I am trying to connect an iSeries 515 to the internet and would like
> some guidance.  This is my first try at this side of things after 20
> years of programming on the midrange.    I am signed on to the i5
> using the System Console attached to the T6 port.
>
> 1. I have a static IP address from my ISP.
>
> 2. I configured the ethernet line on the iSeries (defined to use the T5 port).
>
> 3. I setup the TCP/IP interfaces as follows:
>
> Internet Address       SubNet                 Line Desc       Line Type
> 74.219.167.174         255.255.255.252   ETHLIN           *ELAN
> 127.0.0.1                  255.0.0.0              *LOOPBACK  *NONE
>
>
> 4. I setup the TCP/IP Routes
>
> Destination       Mask          Next Hop             Interface
> *DFTROUTE     *NONE       74.219.167.174     *NONE
>
> 5. Setup the TCP/IP host table entries
>
> Internet address          Host Name
> 74.219.167.174           S1048D02
>                                  DDMSONLINE
>                                  DDMSONLINE.COM
>
> 127.0.0.1                    LOOPBACK
>                                  LOCALHOST
>
> 6. Changed TCP/IP Domain
>
> Host name: DDMSONLINE
> Domain Name: DDMSONLINE.COM
>
> DNS Internet address: 65.24.0.168
>                                 65.24.0.169
>
> 7. I plugged the i5 into the internet modem / router
>
> 8. Started TCP/IP and the TCP/IP server
>
> When I try to PING the domain name DDMSONLINE.com it says:
>
> Verifying connection to host system S1048D02 at address 74.219.167.174
> Cannot reach remote system
>
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> Thanks in advance...
> Rich..
>