Thanks for the information, the connectmanual did work. I'm still having the same problem and I guess that it must be the equipment I'm working on.
I'm trying to write a script that will login and pull alarms out of a piece of equipment (there is about 70 total) and for some reason some of the equipment will be skipped, but I can still telnet in to it if I open another window. The thing that does not make sence is it not always the same ones.
Is there a way to check beside the $CARRIER == 1. I have id in each box that is different, could I use an if statement to check it ?