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From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DOS telnet and 2.2.2-RELEASE
Date: 9 Jun 1997 23:01:49 +0200
Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening
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In article <5nbtka$m09@groa.uct.ac.za>,
Test Person  <test@gmtunx.ee.uct.ac.za> wrote:
>I've been having problems accessing a machine running 2.2.2-RELEASE
>using an old version of telnet for DOS.  I think the telnet is NCSA
>telnet.  The messages which pop up in the messages window are as 
>follows :
>
>DO Option TERMINAL TYPE (WILL)
>DO Option TSPEED (WONT)
>DO Option Unknown Option (WONT)
>DO Option Unknown Option (WONT)
>DO Option Unknown Option (WONT)
>
>I tried recompiling the kernel with TCP_COMPAT_42 as suggested by 
>somebody, but to no avail.  I then installed the 2.1.7 telnetd 
>in place of the default telnetd, and that solved the problem.

I have noticed that there is som strange TCP-options when
runing telnet. Infact the options krach my Lan analyser.
When runing another Lan-analyser i get strange results...

Does anybody know about this?

>Does anybody have suggestions for solving this problem without 
>stepping back to 2.1.7, and without changing the version of 
>DOS telnet.  The managers of the network are not willing to change
>the DOS telnet.  Previous versions of FreeBSD and the same version
>of telnet have always cooperated in the past.  
>
>The new telnetd (2.2.2-RELEASE version) handles telnet from other
>unix machines, and from windows and windows NT without any problem
>
>Mark
>
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>
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