3Com 4210 PWR Configuration Manual page 45

Configuration Example
Table 21 Telnet configuration with the authentication mode being password
Operation
Set the timeout time of the
user interface
When the authentication mode is password, the command level available to users
logging into the user interface is determined by the user privilege level
command.
Network requirements
The current user logs in through the Console port and the user level is set to the
administrator level (level 3). Perform the following configuration for users logging
into VTY 0 using Telnet.
1 Authenticate users using the local password.
2 Set the local password to 123456 (in plain text).
Commands of level 2 are available to the users.
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Telnet protocol is supported.
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The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
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The history command buffer can contain up to 20 commands.
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The timeout time of VTY 0 is 6 minutes.
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Network diagram
Figure 10 Network diagram for Telnet configuration (with the authentication mode being
password)
RS-232 port
Configuration cable
Configuration procedure
# Enter system view.
<4210> system-view
Command
idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ]
Console port
Logging in through Telnet
Description
Optional
The default timeout time
of a user interface is 10
minutes.
With the timeout time
being 10 minutes, the
connection to a user
interface is terminated if
no operation is
performed in the user
interface within 10
minutes.
You can use the
idle-timeout 0
command to disable the
timeout function.
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