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Hi Everybody,

  Got my AS400 connected to my ISP, I can ping the 400 from the internet
but if I try to ftp,telnet, or use HTTP I can't get on.  I have all the host
servers running and I can run all the above from PC's directed attached to
the As400 but cannot from the internet.   I do not have a real domain name
but shouldn't I be able to get on just using the IP address?  Please guys
tell me it is something simple:)  Thanks for any help anybody can give me.

Phillip Lyles

Sounds like a good chance that you've not set the default route on the 400.  In
CFGTCP select work with routes.  Specify your internet router IP address as
*DFTROUTE.

Good Luck!
* Daniels
WYNTH,Inc

Hi Richard,

If that would be the case, than PING would NOT work neither.

Phillip, could you give us a bit more details about the connection ?  Do
you use a firewall ?  If so, what ports are routed to the machine ? Has
your AS/400 an internal IP-adres, or an official internet one ? Do the
functions work from inside ? And so on...

Regards,
Paul
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Hi Richard,
  Thanks for the reply.  Should my ISP's IP address be put there or my
AS400's IP address?

Phillip Lyles

t>...

Hi Richard,
  Thanks for the reply.  Should my ISP's IP address be put there or my
AS400's IP address?

Phillip Lyles

t>...

But in response to your reply, the answer is neither.  There should be a route
destination that represents the Internet (usually this would be *DFTROUTE) where the
'Next Hop' should be the IP address of your internet 'gateway router'.  Exactly what
the gateway router is depends on how the internet connects to your LAN.

Use option 2 from the CFGTCP (Work with TCP/IP routes) command.  You should see a
'list' of routes like:
                                                 Type                          
         Route               Subnet              of             Next            
 Opt     Destination         Mask                Service        Hop            
  _                                                                              
         *DFTROUTE           *NONE               *NORMAL        123.45.67.89

where 123.45.67.89 is your gateway router.  In some cases, there can be other entries
here.  EG. a gateway router to a remote office location.

Hopefully this has been some help...

Dick Daniels
WYNTH,Inc

Bunch of good answers but, since you can ping it the route is obviously
defined.
I had the same problem and it was because the ISP was FILTERING server side
protocols. Many ISP's do this particularly the smaller ones. Their intent is
to reduce traffic and also force you to get a "business" account if you want
to run a server across their connection. I know that Sprint does not block
anything. Hope this helps.