John, Android apps like the free "EasyTether Lite" can be used to tether your laptop to the cell data network on most Android phones. The app is basically a NAT router written in Java, and doesn't require you to root the phone. The free version of the app blocks https: after a while, but other ports like ftp(21), ssh (22), telnet (23) and tn3270 (623,1023, etc) seem to work fine. If you know someone with an Android phone, give it a try since YMMV. This may be insufficient, however, if your company has some kind of VPN that requires a VPN client on your computer that is not compatible with the NAT router, but that might work also depending on the VPN protocol. Finally, using this kind of app could be considered as a violation of your cell carrier's terms of service, since they would prefer to sell you a tethering feature for your phone for an extra $30-50 / month.
Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:27 PM, McKown, John <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, it's probably a stupid thought. But we are losing our laptop with the > "air card". So we won't have a way to access our z system when not at home or > where there is wifi (assuming I take my own laptop around with me). So, with > all these new "smartphones" such as the Droid, I was wondering if that device > could be used to VPN into our LAN and then do 3270 emulation? I know > absolutely nothing about these devices. Can they "telnet" into UNIX systems? > > > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
