Chapter 2: AI2524 Overview
August 1997 Page 2-3
AI2524UM
also provides network access to terminals, printers, workstations, and
other networks.
On LANs, terminal services support Transmission Control Protocol/
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on UNIX machines with Telnet and rlogin
connections. You can use the router to make connections between
hosts and resources running different protocols, including router and
access server connections to X.25 machines using X.25 Packet Assem-
bler/Disassembler (PAD).
The Cisco IOS software supports three types of server operation:
Remote Node Ser-
vices Connect devices over a telephone network
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), com-
pressed SLIP (CSLIP), Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP), and X-Windows terminal protocol. See
Figure 2- .
Terminal Service Connect asynchronous devices to a LAN or
WAN through network and terminal-emulation
software including Telnet and rlogin,.
Protocol Transla-
tion Services Convert one virtual terminal protocol into
another protocol. See Figure 2-1.