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Possible Client-to-DB2 Connect Gateway Connectivity Scenarios

The following table shows the communication protocols that can be used when connecting a specific DB2 Client to a specific DB2 Connect Gateway.

Table 4. Possible Client-to-Gateway Connectivity Scenarios

Clients	DB2 Connect Gateways
	AIX	HP-UX	OS/2	Solaris	Windows NT
AIX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP
HP-UX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP
Macintosh	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP	TCP/IP
OS/2	APPC IPX/SPX1,2 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1,2 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1,2 NetBIOS TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 NetBIOS TCP/IP
SCO OpenServer	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP
Silicon Graphics IRIX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP
SINIX	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP
Solaris	APPC TCP/IP	TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP	APPC TCP/IP
Windows 3.1x	IPX/SPX1,2 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1,2 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1,2 NetBIOS TCP/IP Local (Named Pipes)	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 NetBIOS TCP/IP
Windows 95	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 NetBIOS TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 Named Pipes NetBIOS TCP/IP
Windows NT	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 NetBIOS TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 TCP/IP	APPC IPX/SPX1 Named Pipes NetBIOS TCP/IP
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