Configure a banner message

[christopher_hall]

Okay, I seem to be hung up on this...I want to create a new banner message, but when I paste the the text (from Notepad) to my terminal, the whole text doesn't paste. I figure this is a buffer issue, that the device can't handle the text all at once. I see no place to make this change (or I'm not understanding) in Putty or TeraTerm. Help!!

[Marvin Rhoads]

Normally the buffer can handle about 50ish lines of text before it needs to pause to catch up.

I use Xshell and it has an option to add a "Paste Delay" under Advanced session properties. (I'm told SecureCRT has a similar option.)

While the base PuTTY doesn't allow you to modify pasting behavior to address this, there is an enhanced version - PuTTYTray. You can find it at https://puttytray.goeswhere.com/.

They have added an option to pause a few milliseconds after each line so that the target device's buffer doesn't get overrun. Here's a screenshot showing the new option (right hand side) compared to the regular PuTTY option (open in new tab to zoom):

(I'm told SecureCRT has a similar option.)

[christopher_hall]

Marvin, thanks greatly for your response and the new tools. I changed paste delay per line from 0 to 25 to 50, 500 and 5000. Each and every time it stops at the same place...a. Bizarre....

[Marvin Rhoads]

You're welcome.

How many lines in your banner?

Does it perhaps include a special character? That would cause the buffer to choke as well.

[christopher_hall]

The only special character is as a delimiter. The banner is 11 lines.