Re: TCP/IP and NAMED Devices

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kirk

At 03:11 PM 12/10/97 PST, you wrote:
>
>Does V3R2 TCP/IP support named devices? In many of our applications required 
>that we route data to a specific device by name. That name is setup in a 
>table(s). So getting a new device(qpadevxxxx) etc everytime you won't work. 
>Can we do this with 3.2? or is it only on the RISC versions?

You can't do this yet on any version of AS/400. This capability is promised
in v3r1m3 of Client Access when it's GA. It depends on various server
changes on the 400. If history is a precedent, these changes will be
backfilled via PTFs to v3r2, I believe.

You CAN get the IP address associated with the QPADEVxxxx device, with the
QDCRDEVD API, format DEVD0600. For v3r2, this is activated with PTFs
SF38876, SF38885 and any co/pre PTFs.

If you have room in the table(s), you could put the IP address where the
device name is now. If, like us, your field is CHAR(10), you need to do
something else for now. We put CHAR(8) hex-equivalent of the IP address
into the device-name field. Works for us. Let me know if you want code.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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