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Configuring terminal mode
When a user communicates with the terminal server itself (rather than with a host, in
immediate mode), the MAX unit establishes a session between the remote user's PC and the
terminal server. The following parameters in Ethernet > Mod Config > TServ Options affect
the session the unit establishes and what commands are available to the user:
Parameter
Silent
Clr Scrn
Passwd
Banner
Login Prompt
Prompt Format
Passwd Prompt
Prompt
Term Type
Login Timeout
Telnet
Rlogin
Def Telnet
Clear Call
Telnet mode
Local Echo
Buffer Chars
3rd Prompt
3rd Prompt Seq
IP Addr Msg
MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide
Configuring Individual WAN Connections
Description
Whether or not status messages appear while the MAX tries to
establish the connection.
Clearing of the MAX screen when it establishes a connection.
A terminal-mode password of up to 15 characters. This is the
password terminal-server users are prompted for when establishing a
connection to the terminal server itself.
Displays the banner "**Ascend Terminal Server **" (or a
different banner you have configured) when the MAX establishes the
terminal-server session.
What the user sees while logging in.
A multiline prompt. The Login prompt can be up to 80 characters and
consist of more than one line if Prompt Format is set to Yes.
What the user sees while logging in.
The command-line prompt, which by default is ascend%
A default terminal type, such as the VT100.
The number of seconds that the MAX unit disconnects users if they
have not completed logging in when value set in this parameter has
elapsed.
The use of this command at the terminal-server command line.
The use of this command at the terminal-server command line.
The terminal server to interpret unknown command strings as the
name of a host for a Telnet session.
Whether or not the connection terminates when the user terminates a
Telnet or Rlogin session.
Whether or not binary, ASCII, or transparent mode is the default for
Telnet sessions.
A global default for echoing characters locally. The default can be
changed for an individual session within Telnet.
Whether or not the terminal-server buffers input characters for 100
milliseconds before forwarding them to the host, or sends the
characters as they are received.
Another login prompt.
Whether or not the third prompt appears before or after the regular
terminal-server login prompts.
User's address with the terminal-server displaying Your IP address is,
followed by the assigned address. You can change this default
message.
Configuring terminal-server connections
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