AS/400 TCP/IP Handbook

The Internet has become such a powerful instrument for business and communication that it would be hard to imagine operating without it. The business benefits of having an Internet presence are undeniable. Any AS/400 company that doesn’t have an Internet implementation is going to find itself losing market share—it’s that simple.

This book is intended to give AS/400 professionals an understanding of the protocol at the heart of Internet and intranet communications. The information presented here will position you to take full advantage of your AS/400’s potential for optimizing your business.

This is the most complete TCP/IP book on the market. It has the concepts and background material that traditional AS/400 professionals need as they start their Internet development journey. It covers the details of all the significant TCP/IP utilities available on the AS/400 so you can have all the information you need for your development in one source. And it explains sockets technology by presenting a full-featured production-quality TCP/IP sockets server program with RPG IV. This book is truly the source for AS/400 TCP/IP programming information.

Upon completion of this book, you will be able to:
   • Understand the terms and concepts used in AS/400 TCP/IP technology
   • Know about the networking platform on which the Internet is built
   • Design your own TCP/IP network for your intranet or the Internet
   • Configure your PCs and AS/400 for TCP/IP and resource sharing
   • Use all the features of the Express client Operations Navigator
   • Enable the new implementations of TCP/IP network management and configuration support
   • Make your public documents available to your customers’ Web browsers
   • Securely attach your AS/400 to the Internet for less than $100 per month
   • Turn your AS/400 into an Internet or intranet mail server and post office
   • Enable your AS/400 to participate in an SNMP network
   • Configure your AS/400 for line printer operations over a TCP/IP network
   • Configure your AS/400’s HTTP server with the HTTP administration server
   • Make your AS/400 available for remote access over dial-up connections
   • Create a CGI between network browser users and applications
   • Enable your AS/400 HTTP server for anonymous FTP with your own exit programs
   • Write high-performance sockets applications without ODBC or OLE DB/ADO
   • Leverage your existing AS/400 programming skills to create the best-performing, most capable, and most secure TCP/IP applications possible



Chris Peters has worked with S/36, AS/400, and PC networked platforms for 21 years. A specialist in client/server applications at Evergreen Interactive Systems, he frequently writes magazine articles for the IBM community and is a popular speaker at numerous conferences and events.

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