telnet timeout

Configures the duration of time, a Telnet session can remain idle before it is timed out.
Syntax
telnet timeout time
no telnet timeout time
Command Default

The Telnet session times out after four minutes.

Parameters
time
The time in minutes. The valid values are from 0 through 240. If you set the timeout to 0, the timeout feature is disabled (so the telnet session never times out).
Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

An idle Telnet session is a session that is still sending TCP ACKs in response to keep alive messages from the device, but is not being used to send data.

The no form of the command resets the default timeout value.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the Telnet session idle timeout to 100 minutes. 

device(config)# telnet timeout 100
History
Release version Command history
08.0.90x and 08.0.92 The command was modified to have a default setting of four minutes.
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