Re: TCP/IP and NAMED Devices

[James Turnbull <jamest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be interested in the code.  I've been looking at this dileema since most of
my clients went to IP.  A lot of them are call centre style situations and the
staff 'hot desk' and it is hard for internal support staff to track them.

                 James  Turnbull
                AS/Tech Consulting

Vern Hamberg wrote:

> 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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