Re: 5494 Remote Controller in a TCPIP network

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They will have a "normal" address but since the 5494
also could have a tcp/ip card installed, you could
have some tcp/ip address's...(I'm not sure how)

To "see" the controller just Prtdevadr "controller name"
which gives a small report on devices attached.

I never worked with a 5494 with tcp/ip installed so I
can't be much help there, but it would be interesting
to "see" what shows up when you run PRTDEVADR.

Here is the functional description from the Sales Manual:

e base 5494 supports attachment of up to 28 twinaxial
devices, and up to 56 devices with the 5494 Twinaxial
Expansion Kit installed. When either the 5494 Ethernet
adapter or Token-Ring adapter is installed, the Model
EXT can support up to 80 devices, of which up to 56 can
be twinaxial, while communicating with an AS/400 over
an SDLC, Frame Relay, X.21 or X.25 connection. The 5494
can alternatively communicate with an AS/400 over a
Token-Ring, or Ethernet network. With the addition of the
Frame-Relay -- Token-Ring bridge feature, non-SNA traffic
on token-ring LANs can access the rest of the communication
network through the 5494.



Greg Wenzloff wrote:
> We changed from leased lines to a frame relay network about 4 years ago.  At
> that time I was not involved in setting this up.   There are 2 remote
> workstation controllers at the distant side of the network.
>
> I am being asked what is the TCPIP address of these 2 controllers.   I can
> not find this info when I look at the controller's description or anywhere
> else.
>
> I'm not even sure that they have IP addresses.  Perhaps they work with MAC
> addresses.
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction on this.