Digi PortServer/8 User Manual page 31

Telnet and Multisession
Here is an example of Betty logging in on her newly-configured terminal, logging into her com-
pany's Corporate and Engineering hosts via telnet, switching between the two sessions, then
logging out.
The PortServer supports up to nine separate login sessions per port. For example, if your
company has host computers named Sales, Tech and Production, you can log into all three, and
switch among the different sessions and the PortServer command shell by using the telnet escape
key followed by a number or carriage return.
The default telnet escape key is <Ctrl-]> (Control/Right Square Bracket) and
can be changed—see set keys tesc =value on page 47.
To temporarily escape from a session to the PortServer command shell (perhaps to start another
session), type the telnet escape character followed by a carriage return. You may now start a
second session.
To go directly to the first session (bypassing the PortServer shell), type the telnet escape character
followed by a 1 .
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Type the telnet escape character followed by a 2 to go directly to the second session.
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Type the telnet escape character followed by a carriage return to go to the PortServer
command shell.
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From the PortServer command shell, type 1 or 2 as the first character on a line to go to the
session of that number.
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As a shortcut, you can also toggle between your last two telnet sessions by pressing the telnet
escape character followed by " ] " (<Ctrl-]> ]).
When you switch between sessions, the current session will continue on the next line of your
screen unless your terminal is capable of multi-screen operation (as entered in set ports
—see page 51). You may need to hit the enter key between sessions to see your
parameter
prompt.
AUTO users (like Rex in the previous example) cannot take advantage of
multisessions. (The purpose of the Auto option, after all, is to restrict a user or
port to a certain host).
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