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From: ercm20@castle.ed.ac.uk (Sam Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re: escape-character selection
Summary: can't use aything but ^^!
Message-ID: <9231@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 18 Mar 91 17:42:23 GMT
References: <33356@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: Edinburgh University
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In article <33356@boulder.Colorado.EDU> XDAR@BOGECNVE.BITNET writes:
>We are installing several cisco terminal servers and were wondering what
>other sites selected as their escape-character.  We are considering using
>either the default CONTROL-^ or no escape-character. . . .

I've tried to use other characters since my Mac running NCSA Telnet
won't generate the ^^ character.  Unfortunately trying to change the
escape character seems simply to switch it off.  We're running 8.1(25). 
Anyone know if it's a bug or a feature?

Sam Wilson
Network Services, Edinburgh University Computing Service, Scotland, UK