Re: connection to terminal server cli

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:04:37PM -0800, Carl Zwanzig wrote:
> going well. The current bogon is that connections to the internal CLI
> on some of the terminal servers doesn't echo characters. We have both
> cisco 2511s (11.0 and 12.0) and some portmaster 2e's (3.7.2 and .2c4).

hmm...very interesting.  dunno what your telnet can do, but my linux box
allows me to do 'set options' to see the telnet options negotiated.  it
would be interesting to see the output of that debug info when you
connect to the portmaster and when you connect to the cisco.

so, run 'telnet', then 'set options' (inside telnet) and 'open
cs0.lab.blahblah'.  then again with the other term server.  normally,
you don't want either side to auto-echo...the shell should be sending
back whatever is appropriate...but the internal cli must be different
and/or expecting to see some negotiation.

dunno if we can actually find a fix, but as cfowler said, you could
change the console definition to 'type exec; exec telnet
cs0.lab.blahblah;' and avoid the problem all together.  ;-)  but, i'm
really interested in seeing the telnet negotiation to understand why
it's happening.

Bryan