14-6 User’s Reference Guide

Telnet client

The Telnet client mode replaces the normal menu mode. Telnet sessions can be cascaded, that is, you can initiate a Telnet client session when using a Telnet console session. To activate the Telnet client, select Telnet from the Utilities & Diagnostics menu.

The Telnet client screen appears.

Telnet

 

Host Name or IP Address:

 

Control Character to Suspend:

Q

START A TELNET SESSION

Enter the IP Address/Domain Name of a host.

■Enter the host name or the IP address in dotted decimal format of the machine you want to Telnet into and press Return.

■Either accept the default control character “Q” used to suspend the Telnet session, or type a different one.

■START A TELNET SESSION becomes highlighted.

■Press Return and the Telnet session will be initiated.

■To suspend the session, press Control-Q or whatever other control character you specified. Two new options will appear in the Telnet screen (not shown):

Resume Suspended Session – select if you want to go back to your Telnet session

Terminate Suspended Session – select if you want to end the session

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