The Telnet Client command prompt accepts the following commands:
| Command | Description |
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| open | Use open hostname portnumber to establish a Telnet connection to a host. |
| close | Use the close command to close an existing Telnet connection. |
| display | Use the display command to view the current settings for the Telnet client.
The display command lists the current operating parameters. If you are in a Telnet session (connected to a Telnet server), to modify the parameters, press CTRL+]. This escapes from the Telnet session. (To return to the Telnet session, press ENTER.) The following operating parameters are available:
- WILL AUTH (NTLM Authentication)
- WONT AUTH
- WILL TERM TYPE
- WONT TERM TYPE
- LOCALECHO off
- LOCALECHO on
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| quit | Use the quit command to exit from Telnet. |
| set | Use the set command to set the terminal type for the connection, turn on local echo, set authentication to NTLM, set the escape character, and set up logging.
- SET NTLM turns on NTLM.
While you are using NTLM Authentication, you are not prompted for a logon name and password when connecting from a remote computer.
- SET LOCALECHO turns on local echoing.
- SET TERM {ANSI|VT100|VT52|VTNT} sets the terminal type to the appropriate terminal type.
Use the VT100 terminal type if you are running normal command-line applications. Use the VTNT terminal type if you are running advanced command-line applications, such as edit.
- ESCAPE Character sets the key sequence to use for switching from session to command mode. For example, to set CTRL+P as your escape character, type set escape, press CTRL+P, and then press ENTER.
- LOGFILE FileName sets the file to be used for logging Telnet activity. The log file must be on your local computer.
Logging begins automatically when you set this option.
- LOGGING turns on logging.
If no log file is set, an error message is displayed.
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| unset | Use unset to turn off local echo or to set authentication to logon/password prompt.
- UNSET NLM turns off NLM.
- UNSET LOCALECHO turns off local echoing.
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| status | Use the status command to determine whether the Telnet client is connected. |
| CTRL+] | Press CTRL+] to move to the Telnet command prompt from a connected session. |
| enter | Use the enter command from the command prompt to go to the connected session (if it exists). |
| ?/help | Prints Help information. |
