Winsock and Nortel Routers

[Niv3k]

I'm trying to establish a winsock connection to a Nortel Router. I use :

Winsock1.Connect "1.2.3.4", "23"

But once the connection is made it doesn't send me any more data. If I do this with a Cisco router, I get some data, and then a "Username: " prompt, but I do not even get that far with Nortel...

 

[fenris]

Try telnetting into the router using an ordinary telnet program.
from the run command located in the start button type:
telnet 1.2.3.4

That will open up a telnet session to the router. Alternatively read the manual for the router, you might have to hook up to a serial port on the router and enable telnet support.
Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com

 

[Niv3k]

No, that's the pain in the posterior interface... I can Telnet to the router(s) just fine - roughly 125 of them, but I can't seem to open a Winsock connection to them...

 

[Niv3k]

Alternatively, do you know anything about TAPI? Nortel has some info on their web site that says they have a version of the TAPI to connect to their routers, but I want to go over our intranet, not a dialup...

Kevin

 

[bluenote]

Did you tried to send a char or a CRLF once the conn is made?
bluenote@uyuyuy.com
(excuse my english)

 

[Niv3k]

Yes, that didn't seem to do anything. But, since my last post, I took the few bytes of data I got from the router and sent them back (FF FD 18 FF FD 20 FF FD 23 FF FD 24), and then I got more (slightly different, but then pattern seems similar). So I sent them back. And more, until I finally got "Login: ", but then I get more bytes (31 32 34) and I can't seem to send anything normal. I would like to know what these bytes are... and what bytes I should send back before/during/after my login?

Kevin