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<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello
all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am using DXSpider
as an invisible 'bridge' between two other clusters. Its running at my
work qth on a Windows 2000 workstation. </FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=468350513-11042003>Cluster A is hooked in via telnet
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=468350513-11042003>Cluster B is hooked in via an RF
link.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=468350513-11042003></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=468350513-11042003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>My problem concerns
the telnet connection to Cluster A.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Network policy here
dictates that telnet connections to the outside world are possible only from a
single server (running Red Hat linux). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>To connect to
Cluster A via telnet I must (1) </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Telnet to our server and (2)
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Initiate a further telnet to connect to Cluster
A</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Problem:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>======</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a script that
attempts to do this. Unfortunately its failing at the first hurdle. When I
initiate the first telnet connection by sending</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=468350513-11042003>'connect
telnet <localserver> 23' </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=468350513-11042003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=468350513-11042003>DXSpider
appears to initiate a telnet connection but then I
get</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=468350513-11042003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>connect 15:
expecting: "login:" received: "%FF%FD%18%FF%FD
%FF%FD#%FF%FD'"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>i.e. DXSpider isn't
seeing readable text coming from the server. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I reiterate DXSpider
is running on my Windows 2000 workstation and the particular server is running
Red Hat Linux. Port 23 is currently the only port on which I can go in,
though this might be negotiable if the special echo negotiation on 23 is
the cause of the problem. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Any insights? </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
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face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Cormac, EI4HQ</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><SPAN class=468350513-11042003><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Cork, Ireland</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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