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From: reh@ccd700.UUCP (reh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Ethernet terminal servers
Summary: another question - can the host see physical ports?
Message-ID: <405@ccd700.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 89 18:59:03 GMT
References: <6556@fluke.COM>
Organization: Ford CCD Dearborn, Mich.
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  Norm asked about terminal servers and there is another question
  that I think should be asked, because it is a problem for me.

We have a VAX 8700 with a couple terminal servers, and users logged
into the VAX thru the terminal server are assigned virtual terminal
names.  This is because the server is capable of allowing the user
to have multiple sessions from the same server port.  The problem
is that the host has no way of finding the physical port that the
user is connected to.  This makes it frustrating to debug bad ports
or locate users.  Is there any way to find out the physical port
that a user is on?

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Bob Harold                      313-845-5404   
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