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HP TELNET/iX Client Users Guide

TELNET/iX Client 

TELNET/iX provides the TELNET service over Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on MPE/iX. The TELNET/iX Client 
enables users on an HP 3000 to have direct access to HP 9000 and non-HP
systems that support TELNET and TCP/IP. (TELNET Server functionality,
allowing a remote system running ARPA standard TELNET services to logon
and run applications on the HP 3000, is only available using the DTC
TELNET Access solution.) 

The TELNET/iX Client can be used with systems supporting the ARPA TELNET
service such as the HP 9000 and many non-HP systems.  It is supported
over the same links as TCP/IP on the HP 3000 including IEEE 802.3,
Ethernet local area networks (LANs), X.25 wide area networks, Fiber
Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), and Token Ring.

The TELNET/iX Client can perform the following tasks:

   *   Connect to a remote host system

   *   Access applications on the remote host system

   *   Send/Receive ASCII or binary data

The user enters TELNET/iX Client commands from the MPE/iX system.  The
remote host responds with messages and data requested by the TELNET/iX
Client as shown in Figure 1.


          Figure 1-1.  TELNET/iX Client 

The TELNET/iX Client supports eight-bit characters when communicating
with the remote host.  To use eight-bit characters, you may need to
reconfigure your terminal or the remote host.  Additionally, you may need
to enable the binary option to allow an eight-bit data stream between the
TELNET/iX Client and the remote host.  Note that some remote hosts may
not support eight-bit characters.

The TELNET/iX Client program may be issued from a regular MPE/iX session
or from within a program.  It may not, however, be issued from a batch
job or with the use of input/output redirection.  Additionally, it is not
supported when access to the MPE/iX session is from an MPE/V system or a
PC using Virtual Terminal (VT).

If you are using the TELNET/iX Client for the first time, review the
TELNET/iX Client commands in Chapter 3.  Chapter 4 provides a
task-oriented approach to using the TELNET/iX Client and includes a
discussion of tasks such as viewing TELNET/iX status, setting or toggling
TELNET/iX variables to specific values, and suspending TELNET/iX.

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation