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
