Hi Jensen , In Cisco's term the reverse telnet is a process sometime refered to as direct session . The term reverse means that you are intiating a Telnet session out of the asynchoronous line , instead of accepting a connection into the line ( which is forword connection ) . I hope this will clarify Regards Chandrakant ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]