Re: TCP/IP and NT

["Guy Murphy"<gmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        First things first:  If your NT server can access your AS/400 and 
     the NT server is connected to the Internet, then your AS/400 is 
     connected to the Internet no matter how it's connected to the NT 
     server.
        2nd thing:  You cannot use a dummy IP address on the 400 if the NT 
     server is Internet accessible.  You have to use one within your 
     assigned network range.  If a dummy IP address is used, the router 
     will send the tcp/ip packets to the outside world to die and your 
     AS/400 will never see them.
     
     Guy Murphy         University of Illinois - UDIS
                        217-333-8670
                        murphyfa@uiuc.edu


     


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Subject: TCP/IP and NT 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INTERNET
Date:    3/5/98 9:46 AM


In all the documentation regarding running TCP/IP on the AS/400, it always 
states that if you are not going to connect to the Internet, you can arbitrarily
use any IP address.  I wish to run TCP/IP between my NT server and my AS/400. 
The NT server will be connected to the Internet.  I have no need/desire to make 
the AS/400 accessible or visible to the Internet.  Can I still use a dummy IP 
address on the 400 ?  Will this cause a problem ?  Is this a secure solution or 
should I consider some other method?  BTW, this post is not meant to invite 
questions as to why I have an NT Server.  I just do.
     
     
     
     


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