Specifying the Telnet Client Session Profile

Specifying the Telnet Client Session Profile

Introduction

You can set various features for a Telnet client session. You can either choose a profile that has many of the characteristics predefined or set the characteristics individually (refer to Configuring Individual Telnet Client Session Characteristics in this chapter). Many of the characteristics have factory-set defaults.

Profiles Types

Each profile is a set of predefined Telnet client session characteristics. There are two basic profiles:

CHARACTER — Typically used with interactive users at a terminal or similar device. All characters entered by the user are sent to the Internet host for handling. The host edits, ECHOes, and processes the user data. This is the factory-set default.

BINARY — Used primarily with file transfers. All port and Telnet special characters, such as forward and backward switches and XON/XOFF FLOW CONTROL characters, are ignored by the access server and sent to the Internet host.

Profile Characteristics

You can customize a profile by first selecting a profile, then changing specific characteristics. However, the profile itself is invalidated. For example, you could select the BINARY profile, then enable FLOW CONTROL in the receive direction. To display the profile and client session characteristics, refer to Displaying Session Characteristics in this chapter.

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