Re: Telnet Problems

Jaye Mathisen (mrcpu@cdsnet.net)
Wed, 27 Nov 1996 14:04:58 -0800 (PST)

While this is true, it would also be nice if the Livingston did the
equivalent of SO_KEEPALIVE, and if the number of telnet sessions was
settable.

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, John G. Thompson wrote:

> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:58:31 -0800 (PST)
> From: "John G. Thompson" <jgt10@livingston.com>
> To: Dennis Edwards <dedward@cyberstore.ca>
> Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: Telnet Problems
>
> On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Dennis Edwards wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Devron Knowles wrote:
> > > I install was flawless, but now I am having a problem telneting into the
> > > machine. This problem started about 4 days after the install. I know the
> > > PortMaster is working because I can dial right into it no problem. If I
> > > then login as !root, I can view the whole machine.
> > > Has any one ever experienced this?
> >
> > Yes... It's happened to me a couple of times. Apparently sometimes a
> > portmaster will get a bunch of hung telnet sessions and refuse to open any
> > more; everything else just keeps on ticking..
> > Either reset it or grab pmfree from Bpmtools.
>
> If you can dial into the machine, you can do a 'show netconn', find the
> .23 connections (or whatever the telenet access port is set to), find the
> handle (Hnd) number and do a reset on the handle... 'Command> res n<hnd>'
>
> JGT
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