Very Computer

We're currently accessing our AS/400 system via Client Access 95/NT
(with the latest service pack).  We're connecting via TCP/IP on a
local network.

I recently installed Microsoft Proxy Server on our NT Server 4.0 to
allow distributed internet access accross the LAN.

Web browsers have PROXY support built in, but in order to use a
newsreader, pop-mail client, or other winsock application, you must
install the Microsoft Proxy Client to go through the proxy server.

After doing this, the Personal Communications 5250 emulation no longer
works.  Shared Folders Access, Graphical Access, etc. all still
function normally, but I can never get a PComm 5250 session up.  I
just get the "--\--/__657" error in the terminal window.

Any insight to what may be causing this is appreciated.

It sounds like your HOSTS file was overwritten when you installed the
MS Proxy Server. Open a DOS box and ping your AS/400. If you can't ping
it by it's name, PC/5250 can't start. Edit the HOSTS file in the WINDOWS
directory and add an entry for your AS/400.

Bill Alward

Thank you,

We had appended the ".com" extension to the system name in the HOSTS
file to differentiate it between a TCP/IP and a DLC-NSrouter
connection.

My HOSTS file looked like this:
BONNEAU.COM 128.1.0.3

When I removed the ".COM" extension it worked fine.  I guess the Proxy
was sending the ".COM" suffix to the DNS.

Anyway, it now works... Thanks alot.

Harold Liles,
Foster Grant