[CLUE-Tech] Telnet and Cisco 678.

[Timothy C. Klein]

* David Anselmi (anselmi at americanisp.net) wrote:
> My Linux telnet client (Debian's telnet 0.17-19, which says it's 
> netkit-telnet 0.17) doesn't work very well with my Cisco 678 (about the 
> only thing I telnet to).
> 
> For example, when I type backspace telnet sends \177 and when I type the 
> up arrow (command history) it sends \0330A.  Neither of those do 
> anything useful.
> 
> By comparison, the Windows telnet client sends ^H for backspace and 
> \033]A for up arrow.  Those have the expected results.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions how to change the behavior of my telnet? 
> The Cisco server seems pretty simple, doesn't goof around with many 
> options, uses character-at-a-time mode and so on.

So your 678 is in ppp mode, and it has an IP address, and you telnet to
that?  (Just making sure, mine is in bridging mode and I have to use a
serial program like minicom).

What type of terminal type do you have set?  Would that make difference,
I wonder?

Tim