RE: iSeries to Internet via Router (was: Why is the iSeries so slow) -- MIDRANGE-L

The LinkSys is not working out for me.  I want to forward the telnet port
from the router to my 170 but I cant get it to work.  Everything works
outbound and I can ping the routers static ip addr from the internet, but
that is it. Putting the 170's 192.xxx ip addr in the dmz of the router
doesnt allow me to telnet to it, and like I said, forwarding the telnet port
to the ip addr of the 170 doesnt help either.  I spent half an hour with
linksys tech support and more time than that on my own, so I am giving up.
( actually, it does not handle VPN, so the LinkSys was a short term solution
all along )

I have found two routers, the cisco 831 and the dlink dfl 300, that sell for
< $500 that provide vpn and look pretty good.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=66

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/ps4873/

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Carl Galgano
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:16 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: iSeries to Internet via Router (was: Why is the iSeries so
slow)


You can either put the 400 in the DMZ (dangerous) of the Linksys, but that
would totally expose the 400 to the internet, or you can just forward ports
thru the Linksys to the AS400 (ie port 23 for telnet access).  Just depends
on what you want to do.
One other thing about using the Linksys, if you are going to use the DHCP
server built into the Linksys, the 400 will not obtain an address from it,
so be sure to configure the interface on the AS400 and be sure to use an IP
address that is not in the range of the Linksys's DHCP server.
David is correct, the Linksys is a consumer grade product, but can handle
most task nicely.
cjg

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Steve Richter wrote:
> Can I connect an as400 to the internet using a $40 befsr41 linksys
> ethernet/dsl router?  ( this is an actual question :). I need to
> connect my 170 to the web thru my dsl line )

No reason you shouldn't be able to.

The linksys router is consumer grade, so don't expect it to be as robust
as a a full blown router... but it should do the job quite adequately.

david


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