Skip to main content

Tips and Techniques for Using TCP/IP on i5/OS

An IBM Redpaper publication

Note: This is publication is now archived. For reference only.

thumbnail 

Published on 25 May 2006

  1. .EPUB (0.4 MB)
  2. .PDF (0.9 MB)

Share this page:   

IBM Form #: REDP-4158-00


Authors: Yessong Johng, Clair Wood, Garrett Lanzy, John Kasperski and John Wingertsman

    menu icon

    Abstract

    This IBM Redpaper provides various tips and techniques for managing TCP/IP with IBM i5/OS:

    - Various recommendations that might improve your network configuration and enable you to obtain optimal performance in a TCP/IP network.

    - Information about the different ways that TCP/IP can be started and ended, including potential problems that might occur if starting TCP/IP is not carefully planned.

    - Discussion about why it is important for a TCP/IP application to check the status of TCP/IP in a proper way. Includes an example of a program that checks TCP/IP status.

    - Procedure for assigning an alias to a TCP/IP interface that can be used in place of an IP address in programs. Information is also provided about a new feature called the preferred interface list to assist with handling adapter failures.

    - Notes about using exit programs and what you can do with the exit points that are defined for IBM-supplied TCP/IP applications.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1. Optimizing performance in a TCP/IP network

    Chapter 2. Considerations for starting and ending TCP/IP

    Chapter 3. Checking TCP/IP status programmatically

    Chapter 4. Using alias names and setting proxy ARP and preferred interface lists programmatically

    Chapter 5. Using Exit programs

     

    Others who read this also read