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ok guys, who can give me a rundown, or a link to a site that gives me an idea how to use telnet?
i know it may be useless information but i want to learn it.
After EVO2, bm-server will be going to Linux, so i need some networking knowledge, because that is what my primary use of linux is going to be, firewall and networking and servers and stuff... for the wlan.
thanks for any and all info.
Rainwulf Akahnon, the idiot with the p90 who doesnt know how to shoot.
Right, telnet is a protocol for remotely logging into a machine, and then behaving as tho you were actually sitting AT the machine. (it is text based)
Ie, in the case of a linux box, you can either log into it with the keyboard and monitor connected to the machine, or you can telnet to the box from another machine on the same network, and operate it from there.
You may also have heard of ssh (Secure SHell) this is a preferred alternative to telnet, as it comunicates over an encrypted channel, rather than the plaintext channel telnet operates on (which makes it harder to sniff passwords over the wire). esentially its a remote operation tool, for the CLI environment.
windows 2000 has a builtin telnet client, other good alternatives are PuTTY (freeware) and SecureCRT/CRT (trial-ware) dont have url's handy for them but tucows is a good place to start.
attached screenshot is of a telnet session in operation, in case my explaination is unclear.
Yeah I use SecureCRT... is good.
I doubt I would be much help Rainwulf.. but you can call on me if you needs any help.
ok with WIN2k, what can you do then at the cmd line?
i know you can change things like share names and change IP stuff and the like, but what else?
i have no idea of what telnet is used for in the context of WHAT can you do WITH a command line?
You can also use telnet to play MUDs ^_^
On a linux/unix machine, you can modify _anything_ with the command line.
you can start/stop services, download and install files, edit and compile programs, write text files, view web pages (text only ofc), run diagnostic utilities, upgrade your operating system, reboot the machine, basically anything.
if you connect via telnet to a w2k server, i think you can like, list directory contents, and maybe move files around.