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List of line service types
When you are configuring a line on the Console Server (the ‘unit’) you will find a
parameter for a line called ‘service’. The detail of types of line service available are
shown below.
Note do not confuse line ‘service’ with user ‘service’. User ‘service’ is a completely
different parameter from line ‘service’ and is used by the unit in different ways.
Line
Service
Type
Description/Uses Example
Bidir Allows a bidirectional modem
connection on a port A UUCP connection for batch file
transfer and printing.
Direct
telnet
or rlogin When using the unit as a Serial
Server, to bypass the unit and
allow users to login straight into
a specific host. These are non-
permanent connections Users on terminals.
Direct Raw Enables external non-login
devices to access TCP/IP
servers via the unit.
No authentication will take place.
The connection is set up from
the unit to a TCP/IP network host
(the opposite of
Reverse Raw ).
These connections are
established by pressing
<return>.
On dialin connections: user applications
for devices such as bar code readers
and smart cards.
cslogin The default connection.
The unit presents a login on that
line. a) System administrator to do unit
configuration
b) Users to starting the unit’s sessions to
hosts.
c) Providing authentication of a user
before starting a user ‘service’ of SLIP
PPP a) Remote access connection
b) Using the unit as a router (two
units back-to-back) A mobile employee
Joining together two networks