Subj : [--- FNOS FTP TCP/IP ---]
To   : HOWARD EISENBERGER
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Thu Sep 07 2000 08:39 am

HE> -=> DAVE OLDRIDGE wrote to HOWARD EISENBERGER <=-

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

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

HE>  True, however we haven't (or at least I haven't) figured out yet whether
HE>  Winston is able to use telnet and/or ftp clients on his PC over TCP/IP
HE>  (SLIP/PPP), or if he is running them on the Gateway machine over dialup.

HE>  The Gateway must be a SLIP/PPP server in order to telnet/ftp from his
HE>  PC directly to his Internet bbs.

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

HE>  There is an old version (Demon, bignet or largenet?) of KA9Q with an
HE>  rlogin (telnet) with built-in zmodem, but I couldn't get it to work.

Never saw that one.  But most don't even do rlogin.  Just SLIP or PPP.

Trouble is, you need Zmodem for most internet BBS's.  I use CommMaker, 
a Windows 16-bt program that runs very clean in NT myself.

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