Joe, 8 telnet sessions will cause no undo hardships on your system. Just make sure that the TERM variable is set correctly for the terminal emulation you're using.
-mk > -----Original Message----- > From: Joris Lambrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:15 AM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: RE: 1 linux box: 10 simultaneous telnet sessions > > > Download TeraTerm Pro from any of it's many mirror's, support VT100 > emulation etc. as well as an ssh implementation. > Download @ http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html > Download ssh plugin @ http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html > (just for your > information) > Configure the needed terminal sessions (set the required > terminal emulation) > to support a better then telnet terminal emulation and have a > try. Should > work perfectly. Main advantage of TeraTerm is that it is > quite good software > and free. > > I guess you could also use HyperTerminal to connect to the > linux machine. > > I suppose that if you're running an introduction course you > might not need > more RAM to be able to run those scripts/perl simultaneously, > RAM might get > consumed rather rapidly if doing some more serious tasks. > > Greets, > > Joris > > -----Original Message----- > From: joe golden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: woensdag 21 maart 2001 13:05 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: 1 linux box: 10 simultaneous telnet sessions > > > I'm planning on teaching a short intro to perl unit in our > middle school. > > I have one linux box running kernel 2.2.18pre21 on our windows NT 4.0 > ethernet connected network of 9 machines. telnet version is > 0.16-4potato.1 > telnetd version is same > > > Is it feasible to have eight telnet sessions, one from each > individual NT > workstation, into the one linbox? > > I think telnet is not the most elegant at timesharing with > this type of > load. I'm not sure if it is designed for this (clunky) > application. Any > tips on optimizing the setup for this scenario? > > Three students have logged in simultaneously via telnet, so I > think the > basic setup is sound, but we haven't done much yet. > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
