I am trying to convert an existig project to rely on the net.telnet.TelnetClient class, but I am hitting a major roadblock, b/c I cannot figure out how to send an arbitrary control character (actually, right now, I'd be happy to learn how to send BREAK (243)). However from what I can see of the code, it looks to me like it may be impossible to do this without changing the telnet package code. It appears to me, that the package-visible-only class Telnet automatically escapes all IAC characters sent by TelnetClient. The Telnet class has protected methods for sending the control sequences defined in TelnetCommand, but (with the exception of AYT) TelnetClient doesn't implement any public or protected methods to provide access to these. Even if it did, BREAK is not one of the commands defined in TelnetCommand. Am I missing some other class that would enable me to cause a BREAK, or other unsupported Control Characters to be sent unescaped. Many of the devices my project interacts with will not begin interaction without an initial BREAK command, so it seems like maybe the capability is there and I'm just missing it. Nonetheless, I have not found any reference to the issue in the last 2 years of mailing list archives, or any of the articles about Commons Net I've found on the web. Notably, the question came up in August 2004 on the AppletTalk.com message board, but was never answered. Maybe it will have a better chance on this board. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Matt.
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