>From: Francesco Lovergine <f.lovergine at iesi.ba.cnr.it> > >As you know (maybe) Lucent Portmaster series is at its deadline. >We use extensively a nice feature of ComOS and we need to know >in advance if it is supported on Lucent MAX boxes. > >Is there the possibility to pre-define a default/preferred host >and service (tcp port) to open 'netdata' - this is the PM definition - >session with it? With >PM whenever a call arrives and a user logons with a specific name/password >the box open a tcp session on port X with host Y in pass-through mode >(i.e. without translation or interpretation of any character - this >is different from a telnet sessions which capture some specific >control chars such as Ctrl-]). This nice feature is used in our >private network to build up custom client/server applications >with some mbedded systems with limited capacities - which cannot open a ppp >session and then connect the suitable host. This is called a TCP Clear connection on a Max and it does exactly what you need. We used to use it to pass UUCP traffic to our mail server. Worked great. -- Peter Lalor Infoasis plalor at infoasis.com http://www.infoasis.com/ "Where's my burrito?" -- Homer ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>