[plug] difference between rlogin and telnet?

[Mike Holland]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Matt Kemner wrote:

> Personally I've found rlogin better at handling binary streams, especially
> when run with the -8 and/or -E parameters (see the manpage)

Yes, that sounds like the best explanation.

> When I first got dial-up internet access, I ended up running ppp over
> rlogin, which worked fine, whereas it would not work over telnet.

It should work, so long as you tell pppd to escape the telnet escape code.
(using the asyncmap or escape option?)


Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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