Patent ID: 7861173

Claim:
A method for configuring Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) settings, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mainframe computer having only a non-graphical user interface for manually manipulating TCP/IP configuration flat files; providing a graphical user interface for configuring the TCP/IP settings, the graphical user interface including at least one control, wherein said graphical user interface is configured for at least one of a 32-bit multiple virtual storage operating system and a 64-bit multiple virtual storage operating system of the mainframe computer; integrating the graphical user interface into the non-graphical user interface, wherein said graphical user interface is integrated with an interface component of the at least one of a 32-bit multiple virtual storage operating system and a 64-bit multiple virtual storage operating system of said mainframe computer; accessing data contained within at least one configuration flat file containing the TCP/IP settings for said computer; displaying the TCP/IP settings based upon said accessed data within said graphical user interface; altering one or more of said displayed TCP/IP settings using said at least one control in the graphical user interface; and updating the at least one configuration flat file according to the altered TCP/IP settings.