Specifications

Configuring and Managing Interactive Devices
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Specifying the Telnet Client Session Profile
Introduction
You can set various features for a Telnet client session. You can either choose a
profile that has many of the characteristics predefined or set the characteristics
individually (refer to Configuring Individual Telnet Client Session Characteristics
in this chapter). Many of the characteristics have factory-set defaults.
Profiles Types
Each profile is a set of predefined Telnet client session characteristics. There are
two basic profiles:
• CHARACTER — Typically used with interactive users at a terminal or similar
device. All characters entered by the user are sent to the Internet host for
handling. The host edits, ECHOes, and processes the user data. This is the
factory-set default.
• BINARY — Used primarily with file transfers. All port and Telnet special
characters, such as forward and backward switches and XON/XOFF FLOW
CONTROL characters, are ignored by the access server and sent to the Internet
host.
Profile Characteristics
You can customize a profile by first selecting a profile, then changing specific
characteristics. However, the profile itself is invalidated. For example, you could
select the BINARY profile, then enable FLOW CONTROL in the receive direction.
To display the profile and client session characteristics, refer to Displaying Session
Characteristics in this chapter.