RE: SNA SERVER & THE AS/400

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dare,

I can recall quite a bit of VB coding which was written to the APPC
API's (EHLLAPI) on the PC and then communicated with the AS/400 through
NS Router.  This was standard practice for PC-AS/400 integration back in
the pre-TCP/IP days.  If this is your situation, then an SNA connection
between the PC and the AS/400 would be required in order for that code
to continue to function.

If you want to eliminate the SNA server and cannot justify the rewriting
of the VB code, then an alternative might be to find a third-party
package which would give you an *ANYNET connection (routing SNA within
IP) to the AS/400 and the same EHLLAPI interface.

If I understand your situation correctly, there is no easy solution.

Regards,
Andy

> On Behalf Of Dare
> Subject: SNA SERVER & THE AS/400
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm on OS400 V4R5 on a 510 box with current CUM.
>
> In my environment, we have regular AS400 applications, VB applications
and
> some ORACLE data connection.  We also have remote connection from
arround
> the world.  NS Router connects to an SNA server for access to the
system.
>
> Given this evironment, is there any reason whatsoever that the SNA
server
> has to be in the picture.  Can I do away with the server because I am
> having too many problem with the folks administring the server giving
a
> steady connection for a whole week without some kind of a glitch, that
> disconnects the users.  I also want to eliminate the NS Router
emulation
> and go with CAE cause NS Router is not supported on Win2K, which is
the
> current OS of choice in my environment.  So I have VB folks saying
they
> can not go to Win2k because they have code written that will not work
if
> OS is changed from Win95 to Win2k.
>
> Someone educate me here.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Dare
>
>
>
>
>
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