telnet and as400 1

[influent]

Does anybody know any reason why I shouldn't use Telnet for remote access to the AS/400 at my work? It seems like a good way to go instead of installing Rumba at home, but I don't know much about the whole thing.

 

[bbradley]

My experience with using telnet to attach to the 400 is that it will work but you loose key funtionality. If you want a thin install use the client access cd to create a set of PC5250 diskettes. It is a batch file called make52cw this will create the diskettes then you install from there.

 

[Jimg]

Telnet works great. I use it to access the AS400 all the time. To fix the problem with the function keys, download the 5250 telnet software from Mochasoft.