Starting a Telnet client session

 

You should know the name or Internet address of the remote system with which you want to start the Telnet session.

To start a Telnet session with a remote system, follow these steps:

  1. Start iSeries™ Navigator and expand your system > Network.

  2. Right-click TCP/IP Configuration and click Host Table to display the Internet addresses and host names.

  1. Type the STRTCPTELN (Start TCP/IP TELNET) command, or type TELNET at the command line and press Enter.

  2. Type the name of the remote system. If you want to use optional parameters, press F10; otherwise, press Enter.

    If you typed *INTNETADR for the Remote system field, the server prompts you for the Internet address field.

  3. Type the Internet address of the remote system. If you want to use optional parameters, press F10; otherwise, press Enter. The display shows optional parameter values and the Internet address information.

  4. To use the default parameter values, press Enter.

  5. When starting a 5250 full-screen mode session, the following optional parameters are also applicable:

    • Timeout wait for host (INZWAIT)

    • Keyboard language type (KBDTYPE)

    • Port number of the remote host server application (PORT)

    • Remote Virtual Display (RMTVRTDSP)

    • Remote User (RMTUSER)

    • Remote password (RMTPWD)

    • Remote password encryption (RMTPWDENC)

    • Remote initial program (RMTINLPGM)

    • Remote initial menu (RMTINLMNU)

    • Remote Current library (RMTCURLIB)

    • Remote Keyboard Type (RMTKBDTYPE)

    • Remote character set (RMTCHRSET)

    • Remote code page (RMTCODPAG)

The next display is the signon display for the remote system.

Notes:

  1. The sign-on display is shown only if none of the Autosignon parameters is entered on the STRTCPTELN command (RMTUSER, RMTPWD, RMTPWDENC) or if there is an error when these parameters are entered. If these values are entered correctly, no sign-on display is shown. The user is automatically signed on, and whatever initial panel is defined for the user is shown.

  2. In addition, the following conditions are also true:

    • If the STRTCPTELN command provides the correct RMTUSER, RMTPWD, and RMTPWDENC parameters, and a correct RMTINLPGM parameter is also provided, then the user is signed on. Also, the provided initial program runs.

    • However, if the RMTINLPGM parameter is not valid, the user is signed on, but the message job ended abnormally is displayed. The same actions are true for the RMTINLMNU parameter.

  3. For the RMTCURLIB parameter, a correct value results in the user being signed on. Also, any initial program or menu, or both, as defined either in the users profile or on the STRTCPTELN command, runs. In addition the current library is set to the parameter value. If an invalid RMTCURLIB parameter value is provided, then a signon panel is displayed with a message stating that the current library value is invalid.

  4. Also, for all of the preceding items, if the RMTKBDTYPE or RMTCHRSET or RMTCODPAG parameters are provided with valid values, they have taken effect for the successful automatic signon attempts. They do not take effect for the invalid signon attempts.

If the system does not find or configure a SOCKS server, or if errors occur using the SOCKS server, then a direct connection is established.

 

TN5250 screen size

Telnet 5250 full-screen mode supports the following screen sizes:

  • 1920-character (24 x 80) on all 5250 display stations.

  • 3564-character (27 x 132) on all 3180 Model 2; 3197 Models D1, D2, W1, W2, and 3477 Models FA, FC, FD, FE, FG, FW.

 

Parent topic:

5250 Telnet client sessions
Related reference
Controlling Telnet server functions from the client Establishing a cascaded Telnet session