Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---] To : WINSTON SMITH From : CHARLES ANGELICH Date : Tue Aug 29 2000 09:38 am 1230ce51492b tcpip Hello Winston - WS>> How do I use FNOS to connect to the FTP port of a Synchronet BBS WS>> ? RS>> I know Synchronet (I'm the author), but I'm not familiar with RS>> FNOS. What is FNOS? WS> FNOS is a DOS TCP/IP client that does FTP, PPP, and POP mail. I WS> was requested when connecting to TELNET BBSes to use FTP rather WS> than XMODEM because FTP packets do not need to be serial and are WS> more efficient over an Internet WAN connection. I am trying to WS> learn how to use a DOS FTP client. I have been able to modem WS> dialup a terminal server, but I can't figure out how to get an WS> FTP session going. The mainframes and minis I used to use would WS> take care of all of the overhead. I would start an internet WS> program like D.E.C. Janus-Net and the daemons and servers would WS> be started up in the background. I would just type FTP and I WS> would be sitting at an FTP prompt, all ready to type "dir". I don't think I ever got FNOS going here but I have used several DOS FTP, HTTP, and telnet apps here. 1) Are you doing this on a DOS machine or a Windows equipped machine? 2) Are you using 16bit DOS or 32bit - i.e. PC, XT, `2/3/4/586, Pentium, PII, PIII, or ??? 3) Do you only want access to FTP or do you also want telnet and HTTP? 4) Is your dialup connection a shell account, a PPP account, or ??? 5) Your description sounds like an intranet. Are you wanting to connect via an in-house network or the Internet? There are several apps I could suggest but if I understand what it is you want to do I can probably offer a more useful suggestion. > > , , > o/ Charles.Angelich \o , > <| AngelFirecom |> __o/ > / > USA, MI < \ __\__ --- * ATP/16bit 2.31 * .... Composed for you - on an 6/12mhz `286 with 1meg using DOS 16bit telnet. * Origin: Eastpointe Amiga (1:120/228) .