How to disable echo when sending a terminal command using apache-commons-net TelnetClient

So, I have this class that uses the org.apache.commons.net.telnet.TelnetClient class. It attempts to send commands and read the response.

public class AutomatedTelnetClient
{
    private TelnetClient telnet = new TelnetClient();
    private InputStream in;
    private PrintStream out;
    private String prompt = "$";

    public AutomatedTelnetClient(String server, String user, String password)
    {
        try
        {
            EchoOptionHandler echoopt = new EchoOptionHandler(false, false, false, false);
            telnet.addOptionHandler(echoopt);

            // Connect to the specified server
            telnet.connect(server, 23);

            // Get input and output stream references
            in = telnet.getInputStream();
            out = new PrintStream(telnet.getOutputStream());

            // Log the user on
            readUntil("login: ");
            write(user);
            readUntil("Password: ");
            write(password);

            // Advance to a prompt
            readUntil(prompt + " ");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void su(String password)
    {
        try
        {
            write("su");
            readUntil("Password: ");
            write(password);
            prompt = "#";
            readUntil(prompt + " ");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public String readUntil(String pattern)
    {
        try
        {
            char lastChar = pattern.charAt(pattern.length() - 1);
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            boolean found = false;
            char ch = (char) in.read();
            while (true)
            {
                System.out.print(ch);
                sb.append(ch);
                if (ch == lastChar)
                {
                    if (sb.toString().endsWith(pattern))
                    {
                        return sb.toString();
                    }
                }
                ch = (char) in.read();
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public void write(String value)
    {
        try
        {
            out.println(value);
            out.flush();
            System.out.println(value);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public String sendCommand(String command)
    {
        try
        {
            write(command);
            return readUntil(prompt + " ");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public void disconnect()
    {
        try
        {
            telnet.disconnect();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            AutomatedTelnetClient telnet = new AutomatedTelnetClient(
                    "...", "...", "...");

            System.out.println("Got Connection...");

            System.out.println("run command");
            telnet.sendCommand("ls ");
            telnet.sendCommand("cd netConf");
            telnet.sendCommand("ls ");
            telnet.sendCommand("cd lanSetup");
            telnet.sendCommand("ls ");
            telnet.sendCommand("cd dhcpd");
            telnet.sendCommand("show interface 2");

            telnet.disconnect();
            System.out.println("DONE");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Trouble is, when I send a command, the response is prefaced with an echo of sorts. For instance, when I send the ls command, this is the response I read

[mls 
....

I've tried searching on how to disable echo, but no one seems to have the answer. So, I've decided to ask this community. Does anyone know how to disable this echo?

EDIT

Looking at the source code of EchoOptionHandler is confusing me. Why are the sub-negotiation methods only returning null?