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Reverse Telnet Port Configuration
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Chapter 9 Other devices setup
Reverse Telnet Port Configuration
This setup is used when you need to access a serial port from the network. For example you
might want to collect data from a serial device such as a barcode scanner, POS terminal, etc.
Or you can tie a login to a specific Unix tty device (using ioland). For Unix you use the Perle
utility ioland. For Windows ® system consult the Perle website.
The following fields are important:
Fields Description
Keys Set all your Keys to ^@.
Access Set this field to Remote. This sets the port of the terminal server to
listen for connections coming from the network. There will be an
INETD process running on the terminal server that does the listening.
You can check on the status of this process by looking at the Netstat
screen of the terminal server’s Stats menu.
Mode Set this field to Telnet.
Local Port The INETD process running on the terminal server for this port is
listening for TCP/IP connections on TCP port 10006 (for port 6).