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From: cfjph@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Judy Halchin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: telnetd and term type?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.190428.13087@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 19:04:28 GMT
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>We're having trouble connecting to our 6000s from our dial-in gateway,
>and it appears that it's due to the design of IBM's telnetd.  Normally,
>hosts receiving a telnet connection ask for a terminal type, but don't
>demand one.  Our gateways don't know terminal type (*lots* of things
>connect through them, processes included), so don't provide it, which 
>hangs the AIX3.1 (3003+) telnetd (since IBM _really_ wants a terminal
>type).

We saw the same problem here after going to level 3003.  We "fixed" it by
going back to the telnetd from 3001.

Judy Halchin
cfjph@eiu.edu