Subj : [--- SLIP/PPP FTP ? ---]
To   : WSMITH
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Thu Sep 07 2000 09:15 am

W > RE: [--- SLIP/PPP FTP ? ---]
W > BY: DAVE OLDRIDGE to WSMITH on Sun Sep 03 2000 18:39:00

W >  > PPP and SLIP are link layer protocols for connecting to an internet
W >  > service provider.  Your telnet, FTP, HTTP, etc. services then run over 
that
W >  > link layer.
W >  >
W >  > What BBS are you trying to access?

W > I am trying to FTP to this one, "thecorral.tzo.com" 24.218.45.108
W > I am in a terminal program connected to a XyPlex server.
W > I was hoping that I could use FNOS to TIP to the server and then
W > issue FTP over the link layer?  I am attaching to the FNOS device 'pp0'.
W > FNOS TIP works fine.  FNOS FTP hangs in limbo.  I have no idea what I am
W > doing as I always used to rely -- in days gone by -- on FTP services on a
W > to grab files of the WAN.  This is the first time I have tried running
W > FTP on a PC (my 48K 8-bit 6502 was not up to the job of running FTP,
W > which was why I relied on the minis to do it, although it did do a passable
W > job with the Kermit protocol).

I think that you will find that the BBS in question wants to send you a 
packet using Zmodem or some other "modem" protocol.  You will need a 
terminal program that supports Zmodem or a version of KA9Q that has an 
internal telnet that also supports Zmodem.  I think the basic terminal 
program that comes with Linux supports it, as do many DOS and Windows 
terminal programs, including the three I previously mentioned which do both 
modem dialups AND telnet over an internet ppp, slip or other connection.

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