Chapter 5 - Telnet

  1. Basic Commands
  2. Options
  3. The Telnet Console

Basic Commands

AYT

Are you There?

AYT will provoke the server to confirm the link, if it understands the command. This is useful if the server doesn't respond to one of your commands and you want to make sure that the link is still intact. This command can be sent any time with Shift+Ctrl+1

IC

Interrupt Command

This command will cause the server to interrupt whatever task you gave it and make it listen to your next command. This command can be sent any time with Shift+Ctrl+2

AO

Abort Output

This command will cause the server to discard the remaining output of a command and make it listen to your next command. This command can be sent any time with Shift+Ctrl+3

Options

Currently, only one telnet option is fully implemented. It is called Telnet NAWS and it enables a telnet client to tell the server about its window size. If Genius has successfully negotiated this option with a server, it will send the new terminal size whenever you resize the window. If you don't want this to happen, disable the NAWS negotiation in the ption set's telnet section.

The Telnet Console

The telnet console can be used to manually dispatch telnet commands and to init telnet negotiation if it wasn't already done on connect. You can also see which options have been successfully negotiated. If you tick the Log checkbox the console will display all telnet commands that have been processed so far.