Configuring Individual Telnet Client Session Characteristics
Configuring Individual Telnet Client Session CharacteristicsModifying Telnet Session CharacteristicsYou can modify the Telnet client session characteristics in two ways: at the port level or for the individual session using the SET SESSION command. Modifying the characteristics at the port level enables those values for Telnet client sessions at that port when sessions are created. Also, you can save the characteristics in the permanent database. The values you set with the SET SESSION command are lost once you log out of the session.
Specifying ECHO CharacteristicsThe user can specify whether characters entered at the port device are echoed at the access server (LOCAL) or at the remote Internet host (REMOTE). The
Example: Specifying ECHO Characteristics
Local> CHANGE PORT 5 TELNET CLIENT ECHO LOCAL
You can suppress local echoing by either selecting ECHO LOCAL and then selecting the BINARY profile or by selecting ECHO LOCAL and then using the toggle ECHO character (See Specifying ECHO Characteristics in this chapter).
Specifying the BINARY CharacteristicThe BINARY characteristic allows the user to enable BINARY communication in either one or both directions (to or from the Internet host). The TRANSMIT characteristic enables BINARY communication in the access server to the Internet host direction. The RECEIVE characteristic enables BINARY communication in the Internet host to the access server direction. The DUPLEX characteristic enables BINARY communication in both directions.
The following example shows how to enable BINARY communication in the transmit direction on port 5:
Example: Enabling BINARY Characteristics
Local> CHANGE PORT 5 TELNET CLIENT BINARY TRANSMIT
Enabling the BINARY characteristic does some, but not all, of what a user might require to send and receive BINARY files over the Telnet connection. For BINARY transfers, you should use the BINARY profile instead of the BINARY characteristic.
Configuring and Managing Interactive Devices