RE: Dynamic server ports

[Kurt Goolsbee <K.goolsbee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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PID Members can purchase a the server data streams docuements.  These
documents tell you how to connect to the servers and what the contents of
the buffers look like.  They are for those folks that want to roll their own
connections to the IBM servers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walden H. Leverich [SMTP:WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:54 PM
> To:   'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject:      Dynamic server ports
>
> As I understand it CA Express has a dynamic port mapping scheme. There is
> one port (8477?) that is static and the job of that port is to hand out
> the
> ports for the other connections. So when telnet wants to connect it
> connects
> to 8477 and says "What's the telnet port?" The answer is (usually) 23 and
> then telnet connects to port 23.
>
> Is there a way to add new things into that process? I have pc processes
> that
> need to connect to the AS/400, can I use this port-mapping routine for my
> own use too? I'd rather be flexible rather than hard-code the ports.
>
> -Walden
>
> ------------
> Walden H Leverich III
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> Tech Software
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