Eileen, I don't know if it will help but I'll send you a copy of the chapter in the SimpList user guide that explains how to set up a workstation connection. Dave Salt
SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:52:57 -0400 > From: ebar...@doitt.nyc.gov > Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > I cannot ping the PC IP address and WSA gives back RC=60, so I am assuming > that it is the firewall > (network people told me that it was ICMP in particular). > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:50 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:45:05 -0400, Barkow, Eileen wrote: > > >I cannot connect from the pc to the mainframe - I was told that the fireall > >was preventing ICMP traffic. > >I just requested that the firewall be opened to allow ICMP traffic. > > > >But is there any other way around the firewall to connect thru IP. > > I usually get to ISPF via TN3270, but we also have session managers > > available. > > > I'm not an expert; still I'm puzzled that WSA somehow depends on ICMP. > Why? Does it gratuitously ping the sorkstation to make sure it's there > rather than merely attempting a connection and processing any error > status? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
