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Dial-In Terminal Service Commands

Dial-In Terminal Service Commands

This chapter describes the function and displays the syntax for commands used to configure support for asynchronous character stream calls running the protocols Telnet, rlogin, LAT, XRemote, and TN3270. For more information about defaults and usage guidelines, see the corresponding chapter of the Dial Solutions Command Reference.

access-class

To define restrictions on incoming and outgoing connections, use the access-class line configuration command. To remove the access-list number, use the no form of this command.

access-class access-list-number {in | out}
no access-class number

access-list-number

Specifies an integer between  1 and  199 that defines the access list.

in

Controls which nodes can make LAT connections into the server.

out

Defines the access checks made on outgoing connections. (A user who types a node name at the system prompt to initiate a LAT connection is making an outgoing connection.)


busy-message

To create a "host failed" message that displays when a connection fails, use the busy-message global configuration command. Use the no form of this command to disable the "host failed" message from displaying on the specified host.

busy-message hostname d message d
no busy-message hostname

hostname

Name of the host that cannot be reached.

d

Delimiting character of your choice---a pound sign (#) for example. You cannot use the delimiting character in the message.

message

Message text.


clear entry

To delete an entry from the list of queued host-initiated connections, enter the clear entry EXEC command at the system prompt.

clear entry number

number

An entry number obtained from the show entry EXEC command.


connect

To log on to a host that supports Telnet, rlogin, or LAT, use the connect EXEC command.

connect host [port] [keyword]

host

A host name or an IP address.

port

(Optional) A decimal TCP port number; the default is the Telnet router port (decimal  23) on the host.

keyword

(Optional) One of the options.


disconnect

To disconnect a line, use the disconnect EXEC command.

disconnect [connection]

connection

(Optional) Number of the line or name of the active network connection to be disconnected.


ip alias

To assign an IP address to the service provided on a TCP port, use the ip alias interface configuration command. Use the no form of this command to remove the specified address for the router.

ip alias ip-address tcp-port
no ip alias ip-address

ip-address

Specifies the IP address for the service.

tcp-port

Specifies the number of the TCP port.


ip tcp chunk-size

To enable a faster response to user interrupt characters, use the ip tcp chunk-size global configuration command.

ip tcp chunk-size number

number

The number of characters output before the interrupt executes. The suggested value is 80, which will typically abort output within a line or two of where the user types the interrupt character. For efficiency reasons, values of less than 50 are not recommended.


keymap

To define specific characteristics of keyboard mappings, use the keymap global configuration command. To remove the named keymap from the current image of the configuration file, use the no form of this command.

keymap keymap-name keymap-entry
no keymap keymap-name

keymap-name

Name of the file containing the keyboard mappings. The name can be up to 32 characters long and must be unique.

keymap-entry

Commands that define the keymap.


keymap-type

To specify the keyboard map for a terminal connected to the line, use the keymap-type line configuration command. To reset the keyboard type for the line to the default, use the no form of this command.

keymap-type keymap-name
no keymap-type

keymap-name

Name of a keymap defined within the configuration file of the router. The TN3270 terminal-type negotiations use the specified keymap type when setting up a connection with the remote host.


lat

To connect to a LAT host, use the lat EXEC command.

lat name [node nodename | port portname | /debug]

name

LAT-learned service name.

node nodename

(Optional) Specifies a connection to a particular LAT node that offers a service. If you do not include the node name option, the node with the highest rating offering the service is used. Use the show lat nodes EXEC command to display information about all known LAT nodes.

port portname

(Optional) Specifies a destination LAT port name. This keyword is ignored in most time-sharing systems, but is used by routers and network access servers offering reverse LAT services. Reverse LAT involves connecting to one router from another, so that the target router runs the host portion of the protocol. Enter the port name in the format of the remote system as the portname argument.

/debug

(Optional) Enables a switch to display parameter changes and other special messages.


lat access-list

To specify access conditions to nodes on the LAT network, use the lat access-list global configuration command. To remove a specified access list number, use the no form of this command.

lat access-list number {permit | deny} nodename
no lat access-list number

number

Specifies a number between 1 and 199 assigned to the line using the access-class line configuration command.

permit

Allows any matching node name to access the line.

deny

Denies access to any matching node name.

nodename

Specifies the name of the LAT node, with or without regular expression pattern matching characters, with which to compare for access. The UNIX-style regular expression characters allow for pattern matching of characters and character strings in the node name.


lat enabled

To enable LAT, use the lat enabled interface configuration command. To disable LAT, use the no form of this command.

lat enabled
no lat enabled

lat group-list

Use the lat group-list global configuration command to allow a name to be assigned to the group list. A group list is any combination of group names, numbers, or ranges. To remove the specified group list, use the no form of this command.

lat group-list groupname {number | range | all} [enabled | disabled]
no lat group-list groupname {number | range | all} [enabled | disabled]

groupname

Specifies a group code name.

number

Specifies a group code number. You can enter both a group code name and group code numbers.

range

Specifies a hyphenated range of numbers.

all

Specifies the range from 0 to 255.

enabled

(Optional) Allows incremental changes to the list; that is, you can add a group code without retyping the entire command.

disabled

(Optional) Allows selective removal of a group code from the list.


lat host-buffers

To set the number of receive buffers that will be negotiated when the router is acting as a LAT host, use the lat host-buffers global configuration command. To return to the default of one receive buffer, use the no form of this command.

lat host-buffers receive-buffers
no lat host-buffers receive-buffers

receive-buffers

An integer that specifies the number of receive buffers that will be negotiated. The argument can be any number between 1 and 128.


lat host-delay

To set the delayed acknowledgment for incoming LAT slave connections, use the lat host-delay global configuration command. To restore the default, use the no form of this command.

lat host-delay number
no host-delay

number

The delay in milliseconds.


lat ka-timer

To set the rate of the keepalive timer, use the lat ka-timer global configuration command. To restore the default, use the no form of this command.

lat ka-timer seconds
no lat ka-timer

seconds

The timer rate in seconds.


lat node

To change the LAT node name without changing the system host name, use the lat node global configuration command.

lat node node-name

node-name

Name of the LAT node.


lat out-group

To define a group list for a line's outgoing user-initiated connections, use the lat out-group line configuration command. Use the lat out-group command to return to the default value.

lat out-group {groupname number range | all}

groupname

Group code name.

number

Group code number. You can also enter both a group code name and group code numbers.

range

Hyphenated range of numbers.

all

Range from 0 to 255.


lat remote-modification

To enable remote LAT modification of a line's characteristics (for example, baud rate), use the lat remote-modification line configuration command. To disable remote LAT modification of line characteristics, use the no form of this command.

lat remote-modification
no lat remote-modification

lat retransmit-limit

To set the number of times that LAT retransmits a message before declaring the remote system unreachable, use the lat retransmit-limit global configuration command. To restore the default retry value, use the no form of this command.

lat retransmit-limit number
no lat retransmit-limit

number

Number of retries; any number between 4 and 255.


lat server-buffers

To set the number of receive buffers that will be negotiated when the router is acting as a LAT server, use the lat server-buffers global configuration command. To return to the default of one receive buffer, use the no form of this command.

lat server-buffers receive-buffers
no lat server-buffers receive-buffers

receive-buffers

Integer that specifies the number of receive buffers that will be negotiated. The argument can be any number between 1 and 128.


lat service-announcements

To reenable LAT broadcast service announcements, use the lat service-announcements global configuration command. To disable the sending of LAT service announcements, use the no form of this command.

lat service-announcements
no lat service-announcements

lat service autocommand

To associate a command with a service, use the lat service autocommand global configuration command. To remove the specified autocommand, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name autocommand command
no lat service service-name autocommand command

service-name

Name of the service.

command

Command to be associated with the service.


lat service enabled

To enable inbound connections to the specified service and enable the advertisement of this service to routers on the network, use the lat service enabled global configuration command. To delete the named service, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name enabled
no lat service service-name enabled

service-name

Name of the service.


lat service-group

To specify a group code mask to use when advertising all services for this node and to control incoming services, use the lat service-group global configuration command. To remove the group code mask specified, use the no form of this command.

lat service-group {groupname | number | range | all} [enabled | disabled]
no lat service-group {groupname | number | range | all} [enabled | disabled]

groupname

Specifies a group code name.

number

Specifies a group code number.

range

Specifies a hyphenated range of numbers between 0 and 255.

all

Specifies the range from 0 to 255.

enabled

(Optional) Allows incremental changes to the list; that is, you can add a group code without retyping the entire command.

disabled

(Optional) Allows selective removal of a group code from the list.


lat service ident

To set the LAT service identification for a specified service, use the lat service ident global configuration command. To remove the identification, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name ident identification
no lat service service-name ident

service-name

Name of the service.

identification

Descriptive name (text only) that identifies the service.


lat service password

To set up a LAT password for a service, use the lat service password global configuration command. To remove the password, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name password password
no lat service service-name password

service-name

Name of the service.

password

Password used to gain access to the service.


lat service rating

To set a static service rating for the specified service, use the lat service rating global configuration command. To remove the service rating, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name rating static-rating
no lat service service-name rating

service-name

Name of the service.

static-rating

Static service rating. The rating must be in the range of 1 to 255.


lat service-responder

To configure a node to act as proxy for other nodes when a solicit-information multicast message is received, use the lat service-responder global configuration command. To remove any proxy definition set up using the lat service-responder command, use the no form of this command.

lat service-responder
no lat service responder

lat service rotary

To associate a rotary group with a service, use the lat service rotary global configuration command. To remove the association, use the no form of this command.

lat service service-name rotary group
no lat service service-name rotary

service-name

Name of the service.

group

Rotary group number.


lat service-timer

To adjust the time between LAT service advertisements, use the lat service-timer global configuration command.

lat service-timer interval

interval

Number of seconds between service announcements. Note that the granularity offered by this command is ten-second intervals, and the interval value is rounded up.


lat vc-sessions

To set the maximum number of sessions to be multiplexed onto a single LAT virtual circuit, use the lat vc-sessions global configuration command. To remove a prior session's definition, use the no form of this command.

lat vc-sessions number
no lat vc-sessions number

number

Specifies the number of sessions that will be multiplexed onto a single LAT virtual circuit. This number cannot be greater than 255.


lat vc-timer

To set the interval of time LAT waits before sending any traffic, use the lat vc-timer global configuration command. To remove a timer definition, use the no form of this command.

lat vc-timer milliseconds
no lat vc-timer milliseconds

milliseconds

Timer value. Specifies the amount of time LAT will wait before sending traffic. Acceptable values are between 10 and 1000  milliseconds.


llogin

To log in to a UNIX host using rlogin, use the rlogin EXEC command:

rlogin host [-l username] [/user username] [debug]

host

Specifies the host name or IP address.

-l username

(Optional) The BSD UNIX syntax which specifies a user name for the remote login. If you do not use this option, the remote user name is your local user name.

/user username

(Optional) The EXEC command syntax which specifies a remote user name in the initial exchange with the remote host. The rlogin protocol will not present you with the login prompt.

debug

(Optional) Enables debugging output from the rlogin protocol.


lock

To set up a temporary password on a line, use the lock EXEC command.

lock

login (EXEC)

To change a login username, use the login EXEC command.

login

login (line)

To enable password checking at login, use the login line configuration command. Use the no form of this command to disable password checking and allow connections without a password.

login [local | tacacs]
no login

local

(Optional) Selects local password checking. Authentication is based on the username specified with the username global configuration command.

tacacs

(Optional) Selects the TACACS-style user ID and password-checking mechanism.


login-string

To define a string of characters that the Cisco IOS software sends to a host after a successful Telnet connection, use the login-string global configuration command. Use the no form of this command to remove the login string.

login-string hostname d message [%secp] [%secw] [%b] [%m] d
no login-string hostname

notify

To enable terminal notification about pending output from other Telnet connections, use the notify line configuration command. Use the no form of this command to end notification.

notify
no notify

resume (switching sessions)

To switch to another open Telnet, rlogin, LAT, or PAD session, use the resume EXEC command.

resume [connection] [keyword] [/set parameter:value]

connection

(Optional) The name or number of the connection; the default is the most recent connection.

keyword

(Optional) One of the options.

/set parameter:value

(Optional) Sets PAD parameters for the Cisco IOS software.


rlogin trusted-localuser-source

To choose an authentication method for determining the local username to send to the remote rlogin server, use the rlogin trusted-localuser-source global configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default rlogin behavior.

rlogin trusted-localuser-source [local | radius | tacacs]
no rlogin trusted-localuser-source [local | radius | tacacs]

local

(Optional) Use local username from any authentication method.

radius

(Optional) Use local username from RADIUS authentication.

tacacs

(Optional) Use local username from TACACS authentication.


rlogin trusted-remoteuser-source local

To determine the remote username to send to the remote rlogin server, use the rlogin trusted-remoteuser-source local global configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default rlogin behavior, which is to prompt the user for the remote username.

rlogin trusted-remoteuser-source local
no rlogin trusted-remoteuser-source local

show entry

To display the list of queued host-initiated connections to a router, use the show entry EXEC command. You can also use this command to determine which LAT hosts have queue entries for printers on routers.

show entry

show keymap

Use the show keymap EXEC command to test for the availability of a keymap after a connection on a router takes place.

show keymap [keymap-name | all]

keymap-name

(Optional) Name of the keymap.

all

(Optional) Lists the names of all defined keymaps. The name of the default keymap is not listed.


show lat advertised

To display the LAT services a router offers to other systems running LAT on the network, use the show lat advertised EXEC command.

show lat advertised

show lat groups

To display the groups that were defined in the Cisco IOS software with the lat group-list command, use the show lat groups EXEC command.

show lat groups

show lat nodes

To display information about all known LAT nodes, use the show lat nodes EXEC command.

show lat nodes

show lat services

To display information about learned LAT services in the Cisco IOS software, use the show lat services user EXEC command.

show lat services [service-name]

service-name

(Optional) Name of a specific LAT service.


show lat sessions

To display active LAT sessions, use the show lat sessions user EXEC command.

show lat sessions [line-number]

line-number

(Optional) Shows an active LAT session on a specific line.


show lat traffic

Use the show lat traffic EXEC command to display information about traffic and resource utilization statistics on all active lines.

show lat traffic

show node

To display information about LAT nodes, use the show node EXEC command. The show node command with no further parameters shows a one-line summary of all known nodes. The show node command displays three different sets of information about a node: the node counters, the node status, or a one-line summary of the node status.

show node [all | node-name] [counters | status | summary]

all

(Optional) Specifies all nodes.

node-name

(Optional) Indicates the name of the node for which status is required.

counters

(Optional) Specifies the various node counters.

status

(Optional) Specifies detailed node status. This is the default if a node name is specified.

summary

(Optional) Specifies a status summary for the node. This is the default if no node name is specified.


show service

Use the show service EXEC command to display specific LAT learned services.

show service [service-name]

service-name

(Optional) The name of a specific LAT service.


show sessions

To display information about open LAT, Telnet, or rlogin connections, use the show sessions user EXEC command.

show sessions

show tcp

To display the status of a TCP connection, use the show tcp user EXEC command.

show tcp [line-number]

line-number

(Optional) Displays (in octal) the status of the TCP connections for a particular line.

show tcp brief

To view a summary of the TCP connection end points in the system, use the show tcp brief user EXEC command.

show tcp brief [all]

all

(Optional) Shows the status for all end points. Endpoints in the LISTEN state are usually not shown.


show tn3270 ascii-hexval

To determine ASCII-hexadecimal character mappings, use the show tn3270 ascii-hexval EXEC command.

show tn3270 ascii-hexval

show tn3270 character-map

To display character mappings between ASCII and EBCDIC, use the show tn3270 character-map EXEC command.

show tn3270 character-map {all | ebcdic-in-hex}

all

Displays all nonstandard character mappings.

ebcdic-in-hex

Displays the ASCII mapping for a specific EBCDIC character.


show ttycap

To test for the availability of a ttycap after a connection on a router takes place, use the show ttycap EXEC command.

show ttycap [ttycap-name | all]

ttycap-name

(Optional) Name of a ttycap.

all

(Optional) Lists the names of all defined ttycaps. The name of the default ttycap is not listed.


show xremote

To display XRemote connections and monitor XRemote traffic through the router, use the show xremote EXEC command.

show xremote

show xremote line

To list XRemote connections and monitor XRemote traffic, use the show xremote line EXEC command.

show xremote line number

number

A decimal value representing the number of virtual terminal lines about which to display information.


telnet

To log on to a host that supports Telnet, use the telnet EXEC command.

telnet host [port] [keyword] 

host

A host name or an IP address.

port

(Optional) A decimal TCP port number; the default is the Telnet router port (decimal  23) on the host.

keyword

(Optional) One of the options.


telnet break-on-ip

To cause the system to generate a hardware BREAK signal on the RS-232 line that is associated with a reverse Telnet connection when a Telnet Interrupt-Process command is received on that connection, use the telnet break-on-ip line configuration command.

telnet break-on-ip

telnet refuse-negotiations

To set a line using Telnet to refuse to negotiate full duplex, remote echo requests on incoming connections, use the telnet refuse-negotiations line configuration command.

telnet refuse-negotiations

telnet speed

To allow the Cisco IOS software to negotiate transmission speed of the line to a connected device, use the telnet  speed line configuration command.

telnet speed default-speed maximum-speed

default-speed

Line speed (in bps) that the Cisco IOS software will use if the device on the other end of the connection has not specified a speed.

maximum-speed

Maximum speed (in bps) that the device on the port will use.


telnet sync-on-break

To configure the Cisco IOS software to cause an incoming connection to send a Telnet Synchronize signal when it receives a Telnet BREAK signal, use the telnet sync-on-break line configuration command.

telnet sync-on-break

telnet transparent

To configure the Cisco IOS software to send a CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) as a CR followed by a NULL instead of a CR followed by a LINE FEED (LF), use the telnet transparent line configuration command.

telnet transparent

terminal lat

To temporarily define the list of services to which you or another user can connect, use the terminal lat EXEC command.

terminal lat remote-modification
terminal lat out-group group-number [start-end] {disabled | enabled}

remote-modification

Sets the line to be remotely modifiable.

out-group

Defines a group list for outgoing user-initiated connections.

group-number

Number of the group that has access to the system through the specified line. This number is identified by the system administrator.

start-end

(Optional) Specifies the beginning and end of a range of group numbers. Use the hyphen to separate the two numbers.

disabled

Incrementally removes specified groups from list.

enabled

Incrementally adds specified groups to list.


terminal transport preferred

To specify the preferred protocol to use for the current session when a command does not specify one, use the terminal transport preferred EXEC command.

terminal transport preferred {all | lat | mop | nasi | none | pad | rlogin | telnet}

all

Specifies all recognized protocols.

lat

Specifies the LAT protocol.

mop

Specifies the Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOP).

nasi

Specifies the NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface (NASI) protocol.

none

Prevents any protocol selection on the line. The router default is that any unrecognized command is a host name. If the preferred protocol is set to none, the router will not attempt any connections if the command is not recognized.

pad

Specifies X.3 PAD, which is used most often to connect a server product to X.25 hosts.

rlogin

Specifies UNIX rlogin.

telnet

Specifies the TCP/IP Telnet protocol.


tn3270

To begin a TN3270 session, use the tn3270 EXEC command.

tn3270 host

host

Name or IP address of a specific host on a network that can be reached by the router. The default terminal emulation mode allows access using a VT100 emulation.


tn3270 8bit display

To configure the Cisco IOS software to use the mask set by the data-character-bits {7 | 8} line configuration command or the terminal data-character bits {7 | 8} EXEC command, use the tn3270 8bit display line configuration command. To restore the default 7-bit mask used for TN3270 connections, use the no form of this command.

tn3270 8bit display
no tn3270 8bit display

tn3270 character-map

To convert incoming EBCDIC characters into ASCII characters, use the tn3270 character-map global configuration command. To restore default character mappings, use the no form of this command.

tn3270 character-map ebcdic-in-hex ascii-in-hex
no tn3270 character-map {all | ebcdic-in-hex} [ascii-in-hex]

ebcdic-in-hex

Hexadecimal value of an EBCDIC character.

ascii-in-hex

Hexadecimal value of an ASCII character.

all

Indicates all character mappings.


tn3270 datastream

Use the tn3270 datastream global configuration command to enable the TN3270 extended datastream. Use the no form of this command to return to the normal TN3270 datastream.

tn3270 datastream {extended | normal}
no tn3270 datastream

extended

Extended datastream.

normal

Normal datastream.


tn3270 null-processing

Use the tn3270 null-processing global configuration command to specify how NULLs are handled. Use the no form of the command to return to 7171 NULL processing.

tn3270 null-processing [3270 | 7171]
no tn3270 null-processing [3270 | 7171]

3270

(Optional) NULLs are compressed out of the string, as on a 3278-x terminal.

7171

(Optional) NULLs are converted to spaces, as on a 7171 controller.


tn3270 optimize-cursor-move

To increase performance between a remote user and a TN3270 host by limiting cursor movement information that is sent to user terminals, issue the tn3270 optimize-cursor-move global configuration command. To ensure that all cursor movement information is sent between the user's terminal and the TN3270 host, use the no form of the command.

tn3270 optimize-cursor-move
no tn3270 optimize-cursor-move

tn3270 reset-required

To lock a terminal after input error until the user resets the terminal, use the tn3270 reset-required global configuration command. Use the no form of the command to return to the default of no reset required.

tn3270 reset-required
no tn3270 reset-required

tn3270 status-message

To reenable the display of status messages after they have been disabled, use the tn3270 status-message global configuration command. To save bandwidth on asynchronous lines by not displaying status messages, use the no form of this command.

tn3270 status-message
no tn3270 status-message

tn3270 typeahead

To buffer keyboard data when a 3278 server is in locked mode, use the tn3270 typeahead global configuration command. To disable the typeahead function, use the no form of this command.

tn3270 typeahead
no tn3270 typeahead

ttycap

To define characteristics of a terminal emulation file, use the ttycap global configuration command. To delete any named ttycap entry from the configuration file, use the no form of this command.

ttycap ttycap-name termcap-entry
no ttycap ttycap-name

ttycap-name

Name of a file. It can be up to 32 characters long and must be unique.

termcap-entry

Commands that define the ttycap.


tunnel

To set up a network layer connection to a router, use the tunnel user EXEC command.

tunnel host

host

Name or IP address of a specific host on a network that can be reached by the router.


where

To list the open sessions, use the where EXEC command.

where

xremote

To prepare the router for manual startup and initiate an XRemote connection, use the xremote EXEC command. This command begins the instructions that prompt you through the connection.

xremote

xremote lat

To initiate a DECwindow session over a LAT connection, use the xremote lat EXEC command.

xremote lat service

service

Name of the desired LAT service.


xremote tftp buffersize

To change the buffer size used for loading font files, use the xremote tftp buffersize global configuration command. To restore the buffer size to the default value, use the no form of this command.

xremote tftp buffersize buffersize
no xremote tftp buffersize

buffersize

(Optional) Buffer size in bytes. This is a decimal number in the range from 4096 to 70000 bytes. The default is 70000.


xremote tftp host

To add a specific TFTP font server as a source of fonts for the terminal, use the xremote tftp host global configuration command. To remove a font server from the list, use the no form of this command.

xremote tftp host hostname
no xremote tftp host hostname

hostname

IP address or name of the host containing fonts.


xremote tftp retries

To specify the number of retries the font loader will attempt before declaring an error condition, use the xremote tftp retries global configuration command. To restore the default retries number, use the no form of this command.

xremote tftp retries retries
no xremote tftp retries

retries

(Optional) Number of retries. Acceptable values are decimal numbers in the range from 1 to 15.


xremote xdm

To activate automatic session startup for an XRemote connection, use the xremote xdm EXEC command.

xremote xdm [hostname]

hostname

(Optional) Host computer name or IP address.



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