What brand of barcode terminal are you using?

LXE's are definitely a TELNET device.  Also, pinging the terminal (actually
the terminal's RF base unit) is a much lower-level protocol than a terminal
connection (session).

Yes, telnet server should be running, if that's the protocol the terminal
expects to use.

-dtd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Phillips [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 6:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TCP/IP Networking And RF Connections
>
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> > What sort of "TCP connection" is it making?  Is there a
> listener process
> > running on the 3000 that is holding some particular port
> open?  Is the
> > connection TCP (stateful) or UDP (stateless), and is it persistent
> > across scans?
>
> Well, the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that
> I need to have
> the Telnet server running.  It's been a while since we did the
> proof-of-concept (like months ago) so I don't remember if we
> used Telnet to
> connect or not.  But it sure makes sense that the hand held
> wouldn't be
> using NS/VT, now don't it?
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks for the reply, Jeff,
>
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