Re: dialing in to as/400

[Pete Massiello <pmassiello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another way, is we take our old Pentium 75 to 100s, that already have a modem 
and
Ethernet card in them, and just use them with PC Anywhere.  The response is
absolutely fantastic, and it is the easiest thing you can imagine to setup.

    Pete

"Gallagher, Debbie (CA - Toronto)" wrote:

> Unfortunately, I don't know anything about communications, so can't answer
> your question. However, I was surprised to see that you received no
> responses, because attaching a PC directly certainly used to be done when
> there was no such thing as a network in most companies. Well, okay, so it
> was a very (very very) long time ago, with a PC attached to a S/38, using a
> 4800 modem that weighed approximately a ton.
>
> Debbie Gallagher
> dgallagher@deloitte.ca
>
> -------------------------
> Original message
> --------------------------
> I would like to know if I can directly dial DIRECTLY into my 400 from home
> w/o going through my company network on a lind created similar to my ECS
> line?  I have it set to auto answer.
>
> I have CA at home but wondered if I really needed a network to use it.
>
> My problem is the company network won't pick up my call any longer ever
> since they upgraded their "rocket modems".  Now they hang up on me.  I can
> dial out to 5 other companies just fine... go figure.
>
> I don't feel like dragging my pc into to work to try and prove a point.  I
> was just wondering if this is possible.  thanks....
>
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Pete Massiello
OS Solutions International
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