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From: rnicovic@POLYSLO.CALPOLY.EDU (Ralph Nicovich)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  TELNET Buffering Woes
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Date: 2 May 89 15:43:50 GMT
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Dave,
I apreciate your responce about my buffering problems.
You seem to have the best insite of those that responded.

My terminal server (an ungerman -bass NIU card) is configurable
to understand special Telnet commands. i.e. I can set it up
so that when the user types a ^C the server will send a interupt
process with a "PUSH" or urgent flag. This is not to say that
the terminal server knows to stop output until it receives another
flag from the server.

I observe with a packet monitor that the INTERUPT PROCESS is sent
and data keeps coming (for miniutes). Would this be considered
normal ? Does the terminal client have to handle all this or
should the server function on the host at least flush a few characters ?

Ralph Nicovich
Cal Poly State University, SLO