Re: Connecting i5 Express to Internet

["Bradley V. Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think using a Class A IP is a good idea for an internal IP.  If
you're using a router, you'll set up the WAN IP on the router as your static
class A ip from your ISP. Then your LAN IP of the router will be most likely
a class C (192.168.1.xx is a fairly standard range).

Then you give your i5 an IP of 192.168.1.x. and next hop would be your LAN
IP of your router (most likely 192.168.1.1)

If you're not going to use a router, try using the gateway IP your ISP gave
you as the next hop value.

But honestly, spend $20 on a cheap router.  :)

Bradley V. Stone
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Shannon ODonnell
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:43 AM
> To: 'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] Connecting i5 Express to Internet
>
>
> You have your iSeries set up with an IP Address of 74.219.167.174.    And
> then you have the route set up to point back to that same IP address.  I
> don't think that's going to work. That will create a closed loop that goes
> nowhere I'd think.
>
> Is 74.219.167.174 the static IP address your ISP gave you and you are
> plugging the iSeries directly into that?
>
> Do you have a router or a cable modem or something in there anywhere?
>
> You really should not have your iSeries plugged into the web directly.  At
> the very least, go to Wal-Mart and buy yourself a cheap Belkin or DLink
> router to put in the middle.   That way you'll have at least a rudimentary
> firewall in the mix.
>
> Here's what I would try...
>
>
> Let's assume you are on a cable modem and it's static IP address is
> 74.219.167.174
>
> Leave your *DFTROUTE set as you have it now, but give your iSeries the IP
> address of 74.219.167.175.
>
> Then don't forget to start the tcp/ip interface on your new IP address:
>
> STRTCPIFC  74.219.167.175
>
> At this point it does not matter what you have in your domain and
> host table
> unless you are wanting to set up HTTP Server or Websphere or Tomcat and/or
> have someone come in from the outside to your system.
>
> If you throw a router between your iSeries and the cable modem
> (or whatever
> you have there that actually connects you to your ISP...) you'll need to
> configure it to allow TCP/IP traffic to flow through it to your iSeries.
> But that's another topic.  :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Pat Barber
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:56 AM
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] Connecting i5 Express to Internet
>
> Go here and do a little reading...
>
> http://www.easy400.net/tcpcfgs
>
> and a router/firewall would be of help.
>
> Rich Dotson wrote:
> > I am trying to connect an iSeries 515 to the internet and would like
> > some guidance.  This is my first try at this side of things after 20
> > years of programming on the midrange.    I am signed on to the i5
> > using the System Console attached to the T6 port.
> >
> > 1. I have a static IP address from my ISP.
> >
> > 2. I configured the ethernet line on the iSeries (defined to use the T5
> port).
> > 3. I setup the TCP/IP interfaces as follows:
> >
> > Internet Address       SubNet                 Line Desc       Line Type
> > 74.219.167.174         255.255.255.252   ETHLIN           *ELAN
> > 127.0.0.1                  255.0.0.0              *LOOPBACK  *NONE
> >
> >
> > 4. I setup the TCP/IP Routes
> >
> > Destination       Mask          Next Hop             Interface
> > *DFTROUTE     *NONE       74.219.167.174     *NONE
> >
> > 5. Setup the TCP/IP host table entries
> >
> > Internet address          Host Name
> > 74.219.167.174           S1048D02
> >                                  DDMSONLINE
> >                                  DDMSONLINE.COM
> >
> > 127.0.0.1                    LOOPBACK
> >                                  LOCALHOST
> >
> > 6. Changed TCP/IP Domain
> >
> > Host name: DDMSONLINE
> > Domain Name: DDMSONLINE.COM
> >
> > DNS Internet address: 65.24.0.168
> >                                 65.24.0.169
> >
> > 7. I plugged the i5 into the internet modem / router
> >
> > 8. Started TCP/IP and the TCP/IP server
> >
> > When I try to PING the domain name DDMSONLINE.com it says:
> >
> > Verifying connection to host system S1048D02 at address 74.219.167.174
> > Cannot reach remote system
> >
> >
> > Where do I go from here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance...
> > Rich..
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