I tried the echo $TERM on the remote computer and it came up with "ansi". But when I go onto the local computer and type that I get "linux"? You guys/gals are probably correct, I'm running RH so it's probably Vim instead of Vi. To add another twist to it I try and run linuxconf from the telnet sessions looks like this. ÚÄÄÄÄ ns1.steveandjane.net: Linuxconf 1.17 (subrev 2) ÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄ¿³ ³ ³ - Config ³³ ³ ³ - Networking ³³ ³ ³ - Client tasks ³ ³ ³ ³ Basic host information ³³ ³ ³ Name server speci fication (DNS - Config ³ + Routing and gateways ³³ ³ ³ Ho st name search path ³³ ³ ³ Network Information System (NIS) ³³ ³ ³ IPX interface setup ³³ ³ ³ PPP/SLIP/PLIP ³³ ³ ³ - Server tasks ³³ ³ ³ Exported file systems (NFS) ³³ ³ ³ IP aliases for virtual hosts ³³ ³ ³ - Domain Name Server (DNS) ³³ ³ ³ - Config ³³ ³ ÀÄÙ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³Qu it³ ³Act/Changes³ ³Help³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÙ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list