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How To Use Telnet
You can do a lot of things with your connection to the Internet. A lot of new Internet users aren't aware of all the things you can do with your Internet connection. Most people only surf the web and check their e-mail. However, you can do much more. Services like IRC, FTP, and TELNET are often overlooked.
Why Do I Have To Use Telnet? You'll have to learn how to use TELNET if FrogNet is hosting your domain (i.e. www.yourname.com) or personal FrogNet web site (i.e. home.frognet.net/~yourname) Learning how to use TELNET is an absolute necessity if you want to include cool features like CGI scripts, Server Side Includes or MySQL databases on your web pages.
TELNET is also a must for Ohio University students who live off campus that want to check their oak e-mail accounts.
What's a "TELNET" Anyway? An excellent definition of the term TELNET can be found at webopedia.com. Simply (or not so simply) put TELNET is...
"a terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks such as the Internet. The Telnet program runs on your computer and connects your PC to a server on the network. You can then enter commands through the Telnet program and they will be executed as if you were entering them directly on the server console. This enables you to control the server and communicate with other servers on the network. To start a Telnet session, you must log in to a server by entering a valid username and password. Telnet is a common way to remotely control Web servers."
This tutorial is divided into two sections. One for Windows users and the other for Macintosh users. If you are using an advanced operating system like LINUX, then we assume you already know how to use TELNET.
Windows Users...
Step 1: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, and NT users have it easy. Windows comes with a basic but effective TELNET program built in. First, connect to FrogNet as you would normally do. You can even have your web broswer running at the same time you use TELNET. The easiest way to open a TELNET window it is to click on the START button, then select RUN. In the window that pops up type telnet shell.frognet.net
Step 2: Click on the OK button (or hit return) and a telnet window should appear that looks like the following.
Step 3: Type in your FrogNet username for the "login" and hit return.
Step 4: After you type in your "Login" you'll be asked for your "Password". Type that in and hit return. Your password will not appear on your screen. If you screw up, just hit return and you'll be asked for your login and password again. You can screw up several times in a row and not hurt anything. If you don't get it right within 60 seconds, your telnet connection will be terminated and you'll have to start over again.
If you got your username and password right, then you'll be shown the last time you logged in. If not, you'll be asked to try again, and again, and again until you get the password right, or the negotiation phase of your session automatically times out after 30 seconds.
Step 5: Next you'll be asked which terminal emulation you want to use. "ANSI" is the default. If you are a student at O.U. and want to check your OAK e-mail account then type in "vt100" without the quotes and hit return. Everyone else can just hit return and use the "ANSI" default .
Congratulations, you have successfully logged into FrogNet.
Mac Users
Unfortunately, Some older Macs do not come with a built in telnet application. You can download one for free at tucows.com
Macs OSX and above are based off of LINUX (the same type of software FrogNet uses to run their servers) and do have their own telnet programs.
Telnet on the mac will work in much the same way as it does for window. You will need to tell your telnet program A) the name of a server to connect to (shell.frognet.net) B) your username C) your password.
Once you connect, you'll be asked which terminal emulation you want to use. "ANSI" is the default. If you are a student at O.U. and want to check your OAK e-mail account then type in "vt100" without the quotes and hit return. Everyone else can just hit return and use the "ANSI" default .
Congratulations, you have successfully logged into FrogNet.