Access to Gateway Services Dialstrings

Gateway

Telnet Service

The following dialstring options are available for the telnet service. The usage is:

telnet [-e<offchar>] [-8] [-B] [-D<offchar>] [-M:rawuucp] [-tterminal] [-w<1-16k>] host-name[port]

When using more than one option, the options must be separated by a colon (:).
-e<offchar>Allows the user to turn the telnet local escape key off or set it to

 

something other than the default of Ctrl-] .

-8

Allows 8-bit character mode.

-B

Negotiates with the remote host binary telnet character mode

 

processing. Otherwise, the user must escape into the local telnet

 

and manually negotiate binary mode with the remote host.
-D<offchar>Allows the user to disable the local delete key option or set it to

 

something other than the default (ASCII DELETE, i.e., 0x7f). For

 

example, the user may choose to set it to Ctrl-Cwhich is the

 

default delete key for Sun Workstations. This option, if enabled,

 

will recognize the Delete key and map it to the TELNET IAC

 

AO and IAC IP sequence which is sent to the remote host.
-M:rawuucpAllows the user to transfer binary files across the telnet session

 

between two cooperating hosts. This option is usually used

 

when either uucp or kermit-like file transfer facilities are used.

 

When selected, this option automatically disables the local escape

 

key and negotiates binary mode with the remote host.
host-nameIs the remote IP dotted host address or a DNS hostname.
-tterminalAllows the user to specify a terminal type (e.g., vt100) that will

 

be negotiated if requested by the LAN host during initial

 

handshake with the LAN host. A default terminal type of

 

unknown is used if a terminal type is not specified.
-w<1-16K>Allows the user to specify a TCP window size that will override

 

the default (2K) for each session. This option allows more data

 

throughput, therefore a session will be blocked during data

 

transfer operations. The recommended values are: 1K (1024), 2K

 

(2048), 4K (4096), 8K (8192), 16K (16384).

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