Connect-Telnet Cmdlet
Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings
The Connect-Telnet cmdlet is used to create a persistent connection object.
Syntax
$cnn = Connect-Telnet [parameters]
Remarks
This cmdlet allows you to create a persistent connection object to be used with related cmdlets.When executing the cmdlet a connection object is returned. Pass this object to the Connection parameter of related cmdlets to use the newly created connection object.
To disconnect call Disconnect-Telnet.
Parameter List
The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
Config | Specifies one or more configuration settings. |
Credential | The PSCredential object to use for user/password authentication. |
EOL | The EOL used to parse the response. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The port of the firewall to which to connect. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
LocalIP | The IP address of the local interface to use. |
LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
LoginPrompt | The format of the prompt for the user's login. |
NoAuthentication | Disables authentication during connection. |
Password | The password to use for authentication. |
PasswordPrompt | The format of the prompt for the user's password. |
Port | The port to be used. |
Server | The address of the Server. |
ShellPrompt | The shell prompt on the remote shell on which the telnet connection is established. |
ShellPromptExpression | A regular expression to match the shell prompt returned by the server. |
Timeout | The maximum time allowed for the operation. |
User | The username to use for authentication. |
Output Objects
The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
TelnetConnection | The connection object. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The port in the local host where the cmdlet binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
UseBackgroundThread | Whether threads created by the cmdlet are background threads. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |