In my experience it's usually quite straightforward to set up a workstation connection, especially if you set one up at work (i.e. where the PC and mainframe are both on the same intranet). Even if you don't have a static IP address, the ZIPADDR system variable usually contains the right IP address to connect to.
It might be a little more tricky to set up a connection at home (especially if you don't use a VPN), but even then it's usually not that difficult. And, IMO, it's worth spending the time to figure it out. There's a chapter in the SimpList user guide that explains how to set up a workstation connection. I'd be happy to forward that section of the guide to anyone who's interested in learning how to set up a connection. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:14:38 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > To: [email protected] > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:52:37 -0700, Dick Bond wrote: > > >a couple of glitches - make sure have a "fixed" IP address for your > >workstation (could be a big glitch in some shops) and also, if you are lucky > > WSA sounds like a good candidate for SSL/SSH implementation, > with port tunneling. I suppose they didn't do it that way. > > >to have a fixed IP address, make sure you can "ping" it from your ISPF > >session before bothering to set this up - if you can't ping it for one > >reason or another (eg, firewall rules), it isn't going to work. > > > Again, firewalls are learning to be tolerant of SSH. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
