Re: DB2 Connect error -- MIDRANGE-L

Never too late, but when I checked my system, the DRDA appears to be
using port 446.  Does it make a difference as long as the client is set
to the same port #?
Thanks
Wayne

Howard Weatherly wrote:
> 
> Perhaps a bit late, but DRDA uses port 460.
> 
> Murphy, Guy wrote:
> >
> >         No.  Tcp/ip is a protocol.  Services which use tcp/ip are
> > assigned ports.  Telnet is assigned port 23, http is assigned port 80,
> > ftp ports 20 and 21, etc.  There are 65535 ports available under
> > tcp/ip and whatever service the DB2Connect client connects to on the
> > 400 has to be assigned one of them.  Your DB2Connect client has to
> > know what port it's supposted to use to connect the 400.  This info
> > might be contained in an .ini file associated with DB2Connect or it
> > might be in the Windows registry file.  To see what services are
> > active on your 400 and what ports they're using, type NETSTAT *CNN on
> > a command line.
> >
> >
> >
> > Guy Murphy - FACTS system
> > University of Illinois
> > 217-333-8670
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Capwell [mailto:wayne@redoaktech.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 9:09 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: DB2 Connect error
> >
> > According to the installation manual, DB2Connect runs over TCP/IP with
> >
> > no other products required on the 400 side.  The client does ask for a
> >
> > port number during the installation.  Is there a default port number
> > for
> > the AS/400 TCP/IP?
> >
> > > "Murphy, Guy" wrote:
> > >
> > >         We don't use this product but what the hell, I'll take a
> > guess
> > > at yout problem.  Is there an AS/400 component that has to be
> > running
> > > when you connect?  Does it have the same port assignment that your
> > > client expects?
> > >
> > > Guy Murphy - FACTS system
> > > University of Illinois
> > > 217-333-8670
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wayne Capwell [mailto:wayne@redoaktech.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 6:48 AM
> > > To: midrange
> > > Subject: DB2 Connect error
> > >
> > > Hello again,
> > > I tried this post on Friday and got no response.  Am I the only one
> > > attempting to use DB2 Connect?  I'll try this again and hope for
> > some
> > > help.
> > >
> > > I am attempting to connect a Win95 workstation to our AS/400 running
> >
> > > V4R2 using IBM's DB2 Connect Personnel Edition over TCP/IP.  I can
> > > ping
> > > the AS/400 and have network access to the AS/400 from other Win95
> > PC's
> > >
> > > on the same network using Client Access.  I get the following error
> > > message when I try to search of a database on the AS/400.
> > > _________________________________________________
> > > The connection test failed.
> > >
> > > [IBM][CLI Driver] SQL30081N  A communication error has been
> > detected.
> > > Communication protocol being used: "TCP/IP".  Communication API
> > being
> > > used: "SOCKETS".  Location where the error was detected: "".
> > > Communication function detecting the error: "gethostbyname".
> > Protocol
> > >
> > > specific error code(s): "*", "11002", "*".  SQLSTATE=08001
> > > ____________________________________________________
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