Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : HOWARD EISENBERGER
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Sun Sep 03 2000 11:23 am

HE> -=> wsmith wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH <=-

HE>  ws>      I want FTP to start (I just want to download files from my BBS
HE>  ws> directory), at least to start with.  I just want to snarf files.

HE>  CA> 4) Is your dialup connection a shell account, a PPP account,
HE>  ws>         or ???

HE>  ws>      My dialup is '???'; it is something called a "Xyplex Modem Pool".
HE>  ws> I take it that it is a server on a network on a WAN in a closet with
HE>  ws> incoming lines. It is some sort of multiplexer on a network, you then
HE>  ws> select the adress of a particular machine via an RLOGIN or a TELNET
HE>  ws> connect.  It is something called the Boston Library Consortium Gateway
HE>  ws> server, some sort of terminal server and scripting combination hybrid.

HE> I assume you use a terminal program to dialup this server. In order to use 
FNOS
HE> (or any TCP/IP application) you need a SLIP/PPP connection. How do you 
normally
HE> download files to your PC with this service?

HE>  ws>      I tried connecting to the BBSs domain name with a TELNET 
<name>:22
HE>  ws> and then attempt to start up FTP. FNOS returned the diagnostic
HE>  ws> "Looking for local connection..." and then hung.

HE> Without a SLIP/PPP connection, you can only use the clients on the Gateway, 
not
HE> FNOS. If the server allows you to telnet to port 21, you might be able do 
ftp
HE> between the Gateway and the bbs, but you'll still have to transfer the 
files
HE> from the Gateway to your PC.

Some telnet clients like NetTerm, ZOC, and CommMaker support Zmodem 
(and other "modem" protocols) over the telnet connection.

But I've never seen a version of KA9Q that does it.

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