I've just upgraded from V3R7 to V4R3 and am trying to configure TCP/IP. We are going to be coming thru our Windows NT server to get to the 400. My question is, on the TCP/IP configuration menu on the 400 when I am working with TCP/IP interfaces, do I need to list the IP address of our server there? Also, we have a CISCO 2611 router installed for our network. Does that configuration need to be changed in any way to accommodate the AS/400 portion of the network? The error messages I'm getting when I try to connect with client access (CWBC01003, 10061 and 10054) seem to suggest this.
Your interfaces should only include 127.0.0.1, which is the default for local machine. You then need an entry like 207.25.71.25 to define your AS/400 to the network and to the Internet, if you so desire. You then need a route entry (Option 2 on the CFGTCP Menu) for your AS/400 to find the router. That entry would look something like:
Route Subnet Next Preferred
Destination Mask Hop Interface
*DFTROUTE *NONE 207.25.71.1 *NONE
You should have an entry in the Host Table Entry screen (Option 10 on
the CFGTCP Menu) for your local system that looks like:
Internet Host
Address Name
127.0.0.1 LOOPBACK
LOCALHOST
In addition, you should assign an entry for your router (giving it any
name is fine) looking like:
Internet Host
Address Name
209.151.108.177 CI261101
If you are going to use your AS/400 on the Internet, you should also
have an entry similar to:
Internet Host
Address Name
209.151.108.182 ESTUDIO400.COM
You should also check your domain entry to insure the DNS servers are entered.
This was first published in April 2001