Working With Telnet Application

The WebNMS Telnet Application is an example application that can be started as a standalone application that can be used like an ordinary Telnet client to communicate with remote devices.

Starting Telnet Application

Execute the TelnetApplication.bat/sh, file from the <CLI Home>/bin directory. In case of executable version (Windows), execute the Telnet Application from the StartMenu/Programs/AdvntNet/CLI. Make sure that the JAVA_HOME path is proper in the script/ batch file.

After starting the TelnetApplication.bat/sh you can specify the device name for establishing the connection in the dialog given below.

Setting the Parameters

Following parameters can be set while invoking the Telnet Application:

Font size - The default font size is set as 12.
Timeout - The socket timeout (seconds) is set as infinity.
Character Encoding - The default character encoding is set as "latin1".

java TelnetApplication HostName [-s FontSize] [-t Timeout] [-e Encoding]

Usage of Menu Items

Telnet Application is provided with the following menu items :

File menu

Connect - This menu can be used to connect specified remote host.
Disconnect - This menu can be used to disconnect from the specified remote host.
Exit - This menu is to exit from the Telnet Application.

Settings menu

Foreground Color - To change the foreground color.
Buffer +50 - To increase the buffer storage to more than 50 lines.
Buffer -50 - To reduce the buffer storage to less than 50 lines.
Encoding Type - To change the character encoding type.