The present invention relates to dynamic configuration of Telnet 3270
Clients and more particularly to a method and system for optimizing
selection of a Server according to some response time and availability
criteria. The invention rests on an Intermediate Selection Application
mechanism using Availability and Response Time Probes. The present
invention comprises the steps of retrieving known SNA Application Welcome
Screens from SNA Applications through each server, measuring associated
response times, and detecting failures and degradation of response time.
The present invention uses a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) program for
dynamically creating a Selection Screen (a web page in HTML code in one
embodiment) on an Intermediate Selection Application.
