List Of Line Service Types - Black Box 16 port User Manual

List of line service types

When you are configuring a line on the Console Server (the 'unit') you will find a
parameter for a line called 'service'. The detail of types of line service available are
shown below.
Note do not confuse line 'service' with user 'service'. User 'service' is a completely
different parameter from line 'service' and is used by the unit in different ways.
Line
Service
Type
Bidir Allows a bidirectional modem
connection on a port
Direct When using the unit as a Serial
telnet Server, to bypass the unit and
or rlogin allow users to login straight into
a specific host. These are non-
permanent connections
Direct Raw Enables external non-login
devices to access TCP/IP
servers via the unit.
No authentication will take place.
The connection is set up from
the unit to a TCP/IP network host
(the opposite of
These connections are
established by pressing
<return>.
cslogin The default connection.
The unit presents a login on that
line.
PPP a) Remote access connection
b) Using the unit as a router (two
units back-to-back)
Black Box Console Server user guide
Description/Uses
Reverse Raw).
Example
A UUCP connection for batch file
transfer and printing.
Users on terminals.
On dialin connections: user applications
for devices such as bar code readers
and smart cards.
a) System administrator to do unit
configuration
b) Users to starting the unit's sessions to
hosts.
c) Providing authentication of a user
before starting a user 'service' of SLIP
A mobile employee
Joining together two networks
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