Re: TCP/IP Connection software

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

We have no local printers.  All of our printers are network attached -
ethernet.  This way all PC's can easily share them, and they can be
configured directly on the 400 also.

But back in the bad old days of twinax you could do some weird stuff with
Client Access.  Like configure a local printer as a system printer.  Then
other PC's could print to that system printer and get stuff to print on
that printer.  When you have an AS/400 mindset and are ignorant of the PC
capabilities, or had DOS pc's, it worked.

What exactly are you trying to get from your 'connectivity'?
-5250 display station emulation
-PC printers to act as system printers
-400 printers to act as PC printers
-odbc

We use straight Client Access.
I've heard of people using Host On Demand.  A true 5250 session within a
browser.

Rob Berendt
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin



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First:  Thanks for all the feedback.  Im pretty sure I have everything I
need to get these ethernet cards installed and flying.

Second:  Everyone at this company is really new with this whole AS400 +
TCP/IP.  What software do you guys recommend for PC (Windows
9x/2k/XP/NT4) to AS/400 Connectivity.  Software that allows you to use
your local printer as a network printer?  Software that is free (as in
beer)?  Software that is free (as in speech, GPL, etc.)?

The program that I have been recommended to (but haven't used yet) is
the one by BOS.

Thanks again :P

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