Lantronix ETS Reference Manual - 6.5 Session Management
Using the ETS
Session Management
6-7
You can specify Telnet services as either text names or numeric IP addresses. TCP/IP hosts on a network
are unique across the network, so there is no need to differentiate Telnet nodes with the Node and
Destination parameters.
A default Telnet service is different from a default LAT service. If you have only a default Telnet service
set up but type Connect, you will get an error because there is no default LAT host set up (the ETS will
attempt a connection to a LAT host first, but will not find one).
6.5 Session Management
While in Local mode, you can switch to a different session, list which sessions you have open, change your
port characteristics, and more. To list your active sessions, enter the Show Sessions command. You will see
the type of connection, the host name, and any Node or Destination information. The current service will
be labeled. You can use the Set Session command to change the characteristics of your connections, and
other commands to manipulate sessions.
6.5.1 Break
It is necessary to have a way to leave an active session and return to the ETS Local> prompt. This is
accomplished with the Break key. Pressing it will return the ETS to Local mode, leaving any sessions
connected.
In Local mode, users can issue ETS commands to perform various ETS functions. If your terminal device
has no Break key, you can configure a local switch key with the Set/Define Port Local command. You can
also enter the Set/Define Port Break command to change where the Break key is actually processed: by the
ETS, the remote host, or neither. By default, the ETS handles the Break key and does not pass it to the
remote service.
Not all keyboard Break keys function alike; some dedicated keyboard Break keys will not be recognized as
such by the ETS.
The ETS Break setting only affects Breaks coming into a port, it does not affect network or Connect Local
attempts to send a Break out of the port.
6.5.2 Backwards and Forwards
You can think of all of the user’s open sessions as a list from the first created to the most recently created.
The Backwards and Forwards commands, entered in Local mode, move users backwards and forwards
through sessions. Backwards refers to a session started earlier, and Forwards refers to a more recent
session. The session list is circular, so going forward from the most recent session takes you to the earliest,
and going backward from the first session resumes the most recent session.
6.5.3 Backward and Forward Switch Keys
As with the Break key, Backwards and Forwards can be bound to specific keys (see the Set/Define Port
Backward and Set/Define Port Forward commands), so long as the specified keys are not typed in normal
use. The switch keys are interpreted by the ETS and the current session is changed appropriately.