Thanks, Ed,

No, it's not in my list.  So it must have been added at 4.3.

Interesting about NETSTAT ?. I had been using HELP NETSTAT. Two different help files. I haven't checked to see if they're the same.

     - Tom.

At 11:08 AM 7/27/2006, you wrote:
Hello Tom,

I am on z/VM 4.3.

If you do a NETSTAT ?, you will see all the commands you are allowed.
Is OBEY there?

Commands available:

BLOCK adr - Ignore packets from an IP address

CP command- Issue a CP command

DELARP adr- Delete ARP cache entry for an IP address

DROP n    - Drop a TCP connection

OBEY stmt - Change TCP/IP configuration

RESETDOS  - Clear denial of service attack information

RESETPOOL - Reset record of pool informs sent

UNBLOCK adr - Process packets from an IP address

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Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
> Behalf Of Tom Cluster
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:58 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: How to diagnose a gateway problem in TCP/IP?
>
> Alan,
>
> I have z/VM 4.2.  It appears that NETSTAT OBEY isn't supported at my
> level:
>
>       netstat obey stop ctc1
>       DTCNET103E Invalid parameter: OBEY
>
> I'm issuing the command from a user (MAINT) who's in the OBEY list.
>
> Is that true?
>
>      - Tom.
>
>
> >.... With the addition of NETSTAT OBEY, the need for
> >OBEYFILE is considerably reduced.  Someday Miguel and I would like
get
> >ifconfig changed to use NETSTAT OBEY, but it hasn't yet bubbled to
the
> top
> >of the priority list.
> >
> >Alan Altmark
> >z/VM Development
> >IBM Endicott
>
> Tom Cluster
> County of Sonoma
> Santa Rosa, CA
> (707) 565-3384 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays only)

Tom Cluster
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