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Re: (ASCEND) how to prevent hangup after raw TCP session?



Thanks for the quick response. I sent in the feature request last night.

Cisco has had this capability (using the /stream option on the telnet
command) for at least 5 years. Guess I can't get rid of that Cisco stuff
yet...

At 07:47 PM 7/31/97 -0700, Kevin Smith wrote:
>At 03:57 PM 7/31/97 -0700, Richard Johnsson wrote:
>>When I dial into my Max 4002/PRI/K56 (5.0Ap16/tk.m40) and do a raw tcp
>>session (terminal server command "tcp host port") the Max hangs up the
>>modem connection when the tcp session is closed by the far end. Is there
>>any way to make it just return me to the terminal server prompt instead of
>>hanging up?
>
>Not with the way it is implemented. 
>
>For the purpose of optimization, the terminal server session is destroyed 
>when you initiate the raw-tcp session. This saves a lot of memory, and 
>allows us to have a full box of tcp-clear sessions without running out of 
>memory.
>
>It might be possible to re-create the termsrv session after disconnecting 
>from tcp-clear, but at this point, that would require an RFE.... 
>
>>When a telnet session is closed by the far end the caller is returned to
>>the prompt, but telnet puts control sequences in my data stream.
>
>Transparent or binary mode telnet might help....but you'd still get the
>telnet handshake/negotiate stuff in the start and end of the sessions.
>
>
>Kevin
>
>
>
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