[cisco-nas] Cisco NM-8AM and rlogin

[Aaron Leonard]

> Hi all

> We are starting to use Cisco 3640 with two NM-8AM cards (async
> lines) for dial in. Regular PPP dial in works fine, but we need
> additional feature. We have a custom rlogin server which our customers
> use, when logging from hyperterm (console login). So our dial-in lines
> need to support two types of connection, one with PPP and another that
> forward a connection to a rlogin server. We use this on Livingston
> PortMaster with 'default host' option and on Lucent Max we use RADIUS
> to give rlogin host and port number. What is the best solution to use
> with Cisco and please supply some configuration details as we are new
> in using Cisco equipment as NASs.

> Best regards Srdjan

Sure, Cisco routers support both PPP and rlogin.  Here's an easy
approach:

interface group-async 1
  async mode interactive

line <begin> <end>
  autoselect ppp
  autoselect during-login
  autocommand rlogin HOSTNAME

When a PPP user dials in an transmits a PPP frame, autoselect will
start negotiating PPP.  An rlogin user will see a Username: prompt
and will authenticate using username/password, at which point
the rlogin session will be established.  Note: you will want to
have "rlogin trusted-localuser-source local" in effect if you want
the authenticated username to be passed to the rlogin server.

Aaron