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Features:

• Compatible with 3rd party Telnet clients such as Microsoft Telnet, CRT from Van Dyke Technologies, Inc. or POWER TERM from Ericom Software.
• Screen mode and line mode with scroll buffer support
• Full Function Keys support (including F%,CTRL-F%,SHIFT-F%,ALT-F%)
• Color support
• Graphics support (Edit.com, FCW.exe, etc.)
• Alternate command shell support such as 4DOS from JP Soft
• Support for Terminal emulations DEC VT100,DEC VT220
• Remote Monitoring of existing Telnet connections and users logged in
• Remote disabling/enabling new connections to host
• Remote shutdown of Telnet Server
• Remote stopping of user session
• Support for ALT keys (example ALT-F = CTRL+A+F)
• Support for CTRL-C
• Client Printing

Installation:

1. Unzip the Telnetd zip file to your installation directory.
2. Run install.exe to install Goodtech Telnet Server

Major Features Help:

• Client Printing

  To enable client printing please follow these steps:

  - Create an environment variable gt_print_monitor and set it to 'y'. (e.g. gt_print_monitor=y).

  You can do this from a command shell before you start the telnet server, or you may put this line in your autoexec.bat, so this variable will be defined every time you boot your machine.

  - Create a generic/text printer name GT_PRINTER

  - Pause GT_PRINTER and set it to be the default printer in your system.

  Note: This is done only once!

  Now, when a user connect to the server machine (via telnet), before printing (copy [file-name] PRN:), the user should run the program gt_capture_printer with his username as a parameter. (e.g. gt_capture_printer david). After the user run this program from the telnet session, he can now print any job to the printer, and the print job will go to the virtual printer (GT_PRINTER) and stays there until the telnet server finds it and send it to the client machine. After the user completes printing, he then need to run the program gt_release_printer with his user name as a parameter. (e.g. gt_release_printer david). When the printer is released, a different user can then capture the printer for himself and print his own files.

• Screen mode and line mode:

  In full screen applications, such as MS edit, VI, FCW. Etc., the cursor can be located anywhere on the screen. Screen mode applications are displayed properly only if you are in screen mode.

  In Line mode, the cursor is always located on the last line of your telnet session window. In this mode you can use the scroll buffer.

  You can easily switch between modes while in a telnet session. There is no need to re-login any time you change the mode.

  The default mode is screen mode. If you want to switch to line mode, type the command:

  set gt_mode=line

  Please make sure to type the above command in lower case letters and with no extra spaces. This command creates a new DOS session. You are now ready to start working in line mode. The scroll buffer is now available. If the cursor does not move to the next line any time you press the enter key, you need to set up your telnet client to do so. Make sure that the option new line mode is enabled in your telnet client. Otherwise, the carriage return does not work properly when you are in line mode. In MS Telnet Client, this option is the default. In CRT, for example, you have to enable this option under Emulation/Modes.

  If you want to switch back to screen mode, type the command:

  set gt_mode=screen

  Please make sure to type the above command in lower case letters and with no extra spaces. This command creates a new DOS session. You are now ready to start working in screen mode. The scroll buffer is not available any more.

• Color Support:

  In order to get all colors properly displayed by GoodTech Telnet Server, use a telnet client that supports colors. Choose the ANSI color option in the telnet client setup menu.

• Kill Telnet Client Session:

  "telnetd kill <sid>" - Kills the client session identified by sid.

  To get the client sid, use the command "telnetd status".

• KBDMAP.EXE utility:

  This utility stores key mapping information in a file called gt_kbd.map Use this utility ONLY if you use keyboard other than U.S and some of the keys or special characters in your language don't work properly.

Troubleshooting:

1. Port #23 is already in use?

You can use other port by giving a number other than 23 in the command line when starting the Telnet Server: " telnetd.exe 31"

2. Unauthorized for the letnetd commands?

In Order to use the telnetd commands you should log in as telnetd user, which is the telnet administrator user. You have to create an account for the 'telnetd' user in the password file.



3. Telnet session does not work locally on the server?

You can only telnet to the server from remote clients. Local session is not supported.

4. Your telnet session hangs?

Telnet session hangs if a user is working on the server machine locally while users are connected remotely.

 

telnetd commands: (from a telnet session using 'telnetd' user)

• telnetd status : Shows all user connections
• telnetd disable : Disables new connections to host machine
• telnetd enable : Enables connections to host machines
• telnetd kill <SID> : Kill user session
• telnetd shutdown : Shutdown TELNET SERVER

   

Contact Information:


1. Email:

support@goodtechsys.com

sales@goodtechsys.com

comments@goodtechsys.com

2. Address: P.O.BOX 885 EL CERRITO CA 94530

3. Home page: http://www.goodtechsys.com

Thank you for Choosing GoodTech Telnet Server for Windows 95/98