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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to set up a telnet entry for a BPQ BBS in forward.bbs. Before doing that, I’m trying to connect using the telnet command at the JNOS console prompt.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What I’ve discovered is this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can telnet to the remote system just fine from linux or from windows. I get a “user:” prompt, enter my username (callsign) followed by return, get the “password:” prompt, enter my password followed by return, and it logs me in.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But I have difficulty telnetting from the JNOS console prompt. If I try to telnet from the jnos console, the remote end responds with “user:”. Good. Then I type in my user name and hit return. But the cursor goes to the beginning of the same line, not the next line. And I can’t log in.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just playing around, I discovered that if I set “eol null” before trying to telnet from the console prompt, the login proceeds correctly. Just by playing around, I found I could also set “eol standard”, and then, whenever a return is needed, I type <RETURN> followed by <CTRL><RETURN> and that works the same way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> question: Can someone explain what is going on? i.e. What is the problem? Why is it happening with JNOS and not with linux or windows? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next, I tried the following forwarding entry (<> indicates a substitution for the real value):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'><bbscall><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>tcp <hostname.domain> <port><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>+user:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>.<MYUSERID><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>+password:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>.<MYPASSWD><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'><area-name><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'><area-name><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>----<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Because of the above problem, it never completes the login and eventually times out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2<sup>nd</sup> question: How do I configure the equivalent of “eol null” in forward.bbs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3<sup>rd</sup> question: I know that sometimes the “telpac” option is needed, such as with FBB systems. But telpac is not documented in the manual or the release history on the website. What does it do? When is it needed? (It doesn’t help in the above case).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>