RE: Connect via PC

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

        The key question is, if, in some unspecified future point in
time, there SHOULD be another release, then would, hypothetically, NAT
support be part of the base OS/400, or an optional chargeable feature,
or only available as part of the Firewall for AS/400 product, or some
combination of the previous options ???    :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Martz [SMTP:jmartz@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 10:22 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Connect via PC
> 
> >> The only way to get this to work would be if the
> >> PC is running some type of software that does
> >> NAT (Network Address Translation) and I have not
> >> seen any PC software to do this (yet).
> 
> For what it's worth, although OS/400 does NOT, I repeat NOT support
> NAT at this
> time, in some bright, unspecified, future day AS/400 might support
> NAT.
> 
> 
> To put it another way, if IBM actually ships another release after
> V4R2 ... and
> I'm NOT saying IBM WILL do this ... but if they did then possibly it
> would (1)
> be called V4R3 and (2) would contain support for NAT. If this were to
> actually
> happen then you would be able to have the AS/400 connect to the ISP
> and the PC
> could connect to the Internet via the AS/400's connection to the ISP.
> 
> Usual caveats: This is just specualation and talk, not a commitment.
> Wait for
> an official announcement from IBM of release availablity and function
> before
> actually planning on release contents. You can't trust what I say.
> Yada, yada.
> Do not fold, spindle, mutilate, et cetera. <g>
> 
> Realize this doesn't help with your immediate problem. But it's
> something to
> mull over while showering in the morning.
> 
> -john martz
> IBM AS/400 TCP/IP PPP development (and stuff)
> Internet e-mail:                     jmartz@us.ibm.com
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