MindTerm 2.4 and Nortel Alteon Devices Running SSH

[Per Allansson]

It looks like the Alteon switch closes the connection for some reason -
and since only the version negotiation has been done it might have
to with that. Maybe it doesn't like the version string from
mindterm (SSH-1.5-MindTerm_2.4.1). You could try sending
SSH-1.5-1.2.27 instead..., i.e. replace

     verStr = getVersionId(true);

with

     verStr = "SSH-1.5-1.2.27";

in SSHClient.java


Pacheco, Rodolfo J, ALABS wrote:
> I have been testing the  MindTerm_2.4.1 API  for  communicating via ssh
> to different network devices.
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> Using SSH1Example or BasicClient as a base for my testing, most devices
> that I tested worked OK.
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> The exception seems to be the Nortel Alteon Switch.
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> The Alteon switch is running an ssh 1 server
> (SSHClient.negotiateVersion() [SSH-1.5-1.2.27])  
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> Doing some basic debugging the Input Stream seemed to "Dry out" after
> doing the version negotiation.
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> java.io.EOFException
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>         at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(DataInputStream.java:397)
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>         at
> com.mindbright.ssh.SSHPduInputStream.readFrom(SSHPduInputStream.java:80)
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>         at
> com.mindbright.ssh.SSHClient.receiveServerData(SSHClient.java:607)
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>         at com.mindbright.ssh.SSHClient.boot(SSHClient.java:455)
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>         at com.mindbright.ssh.SSHClient.bootSSH(SSHClient.java:422)
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>         at com.mindbright.ssh.SSHClient.bootSSH(SSHClient.java:372)
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>         at examples.SSH1Example.runWithPortFwd(SSH1Example.java:93)
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>         at examples.SSH1Example.main(SSH1Example.java:288)
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> Did anyone ever connect successfully to an Alteon Switch using this API?
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> Any suggestions?
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> Regards
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> Rodolfo
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