Hi there, You do not need to set up a configuration file for telnet. All you need to do is type "telnet hostname" where hostname is the name of your isp's shell machine. If you don't know what the name of their shell machine is, you will have to ask them. e.g if their shell machine was shell.drizzle.com you would type "telnet shell.drizzle.com" (without the quotes, of course). You will then be asked for your username and password, this is your isp username and password, without the -ppp part. Then you should get the normal prompt of your provider, at which time you can use all of the programs you used to use on their system. Regards Aaron On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 03:56:46PM -0700, Anna Schneider wrote: > > Okay, I read all the suggestions yesterday regarding what to do after > connecting, and I'd like to telnet for now. I at least know sort of what > it is, but I'm suspecting after some experiments that I have to set up > some kind of configuration file for it too, is that correct? I looked up > telnet on the man pages, but there was stuff of stuff that didn't make any > sense. Anywhere else I could look? Do people here have suggestions on > what I could do? And is any of the information in the PPP set up message > from drizzle that I'm forwarding again useful to telnetting? > > Thanks. > > Anna > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:02:14 -0700 > From: Drizzle Technical Support <info at drizzle.net> > To: annas at drizzle.com > Subject: Drizzle Support - Linux PPP setup > > Hi Anna, > > If you're configuring Linux to connect to Drizzle, then we assume you have a > firm grasp of how to connect to an ISP. > > You can use PAP or CHAP to login. > > For your dial up connection, you need to append your username with "-ppp" > like this: > > annas-ppp > > Your connect script should look for some version of "login" and "Password" > and send your username (with the -ppp) and your password. > > Your IP address and Gateway address will be assigned dynamically via DHCP, > so you should leave them unspecified. Using 0.0.0.0 is the usual way of > doing this. > > POP3 server: pop.drizzle.com > > SMTP server: smtp.drizzle.com > > Dial-up Numbers > (206) 812-0034 - Seattle > (425) 974-0190 - Bellevue/Eastside > (425) 791-0139 - Everett/Snohomish > (253) 579-0111 - Tacoma/Pierce > > This information is found online at http://www.drizzle.com/vital.html > > If you have questions or need help, just contact us. Our tech support hours > are M-F 8 AM -7 PM. > > Good luck! > > Bill DeLarber > Drizzle Internet NW > info at drizzle.net > (206) 447-2702 > (800) 378-7405 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- +----------------------------------------------------------+ / |\ _,,,---,,_ /| / /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ / | / |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' / | / '---''(_/--' `-'\_) / | +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | Aaron Howell Kitten Internet | | | aaron at kitten.net.au Internet consultancy, | | | Phone: +61-417-625550 System administration, | | | fax: +61-7-36010099 system design/integration. | | | icq: 6715521 http://www.kitten.net.au | | | | | | | + | | / | | / | | / | |/ +----------------------------------------------------------+
