From b0bc491006161bb1317c920ad915a1bcac78b3b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Robinson <51381009+Gatorjosh14@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:21:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] attempting to fix dependency issues

---
 netmiko/__init__.py        | 2 ++
 netmiko/base_connection.py | 4 ++--
 netmiko/telnet_proxy.py    | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netmiko/__init__.py b/netmiko/__init__.py
index a15a27602..0d2f6a225 100644
--- a/netmiko/__init__.py
+++ b/netmiko/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def check_python_version():  # type: ignore
 from netmiko.ssh_autodetect import SSHDetect  # noqa
 from netmiko.base_connection import BaseConnection  # noqa
 from netmiko.scp_functions import file_transfer, progress_bar  # noqa
+from netmiko.telnet_proxy import TelnetProxy #noqa
 
 # Alternate naming
 Netmiko = ConnectHandler
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ def check_python_version():  # type: ignore
     "Netmiko",
     "file_transfer",
     "progress_bar",
+    "TelnetProxy",
 )
 
 # Cisco cntl-shift-six sequence
diff --git a/netmiko/base_connection.py b/netmiko/base_connection.py
index 5e2b13a55..585d7d060 100644
--- a/netmiko/base_connection.py
+++ b/netmiko/base_connection.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import re
 import socket
 import telnetlib
-import telnet_proxy
 import time
 from collections import deque
 from os import path
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@
     calc_old_timeout,
 )
 from netmiko.utilities import m_exec_time  # noqa
+from netmiko.telnet_proxy import TelnetProxy
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from os import PathLike
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ def establish_connection(self, width: int = 511, height: int = 1000) -> None:
         self.channel: Channel
         if self.protocol == "telnet":
             if self.sock:
-                self.remote_conn = telnet_proxy.Telnet(
+                self.remote_conn = TelnetProxy(
                     self.host,
                     port=self.port,
                     timeout=self.timeout,
diff --git a/netmiko/telnet_proxy.py b/netmiko/telnet_proxy.py
index 2357793bf..4a55d2aa9 100644
--- a/netmiko/telnet_proxy.py
+++ b/netmiko/telnet_proxy.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ["Telnet"]
 
-
-class Telnet(telnetlib.Telnet):
+class TelnetProxy(telnetlib.Telnet):
     def __init__(
         self, host=None, port=0, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, proxy_dict=None
     ):