Re: Connect to i from home -- WDSCI-L

I've never had my ThinkPad laptop directly connected to my host
system--it's either been through a standard internet connection (with
several extra ports open) or, recently, through a Cisco VPN.

Depending upon your setup, performance will be good to okay. My host moved
from 25 miles away to 1,000 miles away and I can feel the difference. When
working in CL(LE), performance will suffer if you enable full command
checking--RDi then goes back to the host to validate every command--and
every non-comment, non-continued line in a CL(LE) program is a command, so
it gets slow. And I believe some SQL editing in RPG is done on the host
and not in RDi. Finally, you should have a large monitor to make
split-screen and/or multi-member editing an enjoyable experience. For best
results, have one monitor in standard landscape mode and another in
portrait (tall) mode; if your font is set to 9, you'll get a lot of code on
the portrait monitor.

It doesn't take a lot of learning to get you going in RDi. The most
complicated setup change I made was to configure my master build (compile)
command as the default; this allows me to click the Compile button and off
it goes.

-Xavier

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:18 AM Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Dave, we've already cleared up the confusion of RDP terminology. (Yes it
was called WDSc, then RDi, then RDP, now RDi again.) You've also had
some useful advice on using a VPN. But just to clarify, I have a (few)
questions for you.

Can you connect to your IBM i - now - from home? (For example,
green-screen emulator.) If so, is this done via a "direct" connection,
or are you accessing via your Office PC, (i.e remote desktop)? (Just
trying to understand your circumstances.)

You say you wish to access the IBM i using RDi from home. Is this to
support self-learning of RDi? (Since you don't have the product at work,
it suggests you are aiming to try out the 120-day free trial - a very
worthwhile effort, I might add.)

Depending on your answers, you may get some additional help and advice.

Brian.

On 07/10/2020 21:17, Dave wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone use Rdp on a laptop at home to connect to the i at work? I

can

connect to my PC at the office, but our shop doesn't have RDP so I want

to

try on my own computer. I'm guessing that this is not going to be easy.

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