Start a VTxxx Telnet client session

You can start a Telnet client session using VTxxx emulation.

You need to start the Telnet server on the remote system (the system that you want to connect to using Telnet).

Note: You should know the name or Internet address of the remote system with which you want to start the Telnet session. To display the Internet addresses and host names, complete the following steps:

Start iSeries™ Navigator and expand your iSeries server > Network.
Right-click TCP/IP Configuration and click Host Table to display the Internet addresses and host names.

Type the STRTCPTELN command, or type TELNET at the iSeries command line and press Enter.
Type the name of the remote system, or type *INTNETADR if you prefer to use the Internet address. If you want to see the optional parameters, press F10. Otherwise, press Enter.
If you typed *INTNETADR for the Remote system field, iSeries prompts you for the Internet address field.
Type the Internet address of the remote system. To use the optional parameters, press F10, otherwise press Enter. The display shows optional parameter values and the Internet address information.
To use the default parameter values, press Enter.
During a VTxxx full-screen mode session, the following optional parameters are also applicable:
- Incoming ASCII translation table (TBLVTIN)
- Outgoing ASCII translation table (TBLVTOUT)
- Special table out (TBLVTDRWO)
- Special table in (TBLVTDRWI)
- Options selected (VTOPT)
- Display character attributes (DSPCHRATTR)
- Page scroll feature (PAGESCROLL)
- Answer back feature (ANSWERBACK)
- Tab Stops (TABSTOP)
- Timeout wait for host (INZWAIT)
- Coded character set identifier (CCSID)
- ASCII operating mode (ASCOPRMOD)-- applies to initializing a VT220 session only (has no effect on negotiations)
- Port number of the remote host server application (PORT)
- Control Characters (CTLCHAR)

Note: Unexpected characters might appear due to the incorrect configuration of the remote system. If this happens, verify that the workstation-type value is an appropriate value for a VTxxx full-screen mode workstation. You can also use the set term command to change the full-screen mode of the connection.

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