Hi Sam and all, On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:13:35 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
<snip< > The other Telnet client I tried was TN3270.EXE, the CUTCP DOS Telnet > client that you can get as an APM for Arachne. In my CONFIG.TEL > I entered "3com" in place of "packet" for "hardware". When I tried > to use this program it attempted to do BOOTPs but it was > unsuccessful. This program can successfully do BOOTP on a DOS > machine having a modem connection to "shentel.net". The library > machine has a DSL connection. Maybe the DOS Telnet client would > work if I were to indicate the actual IP number of the machine in my > CONFIG.TEL. How can I find out the IP number of the machine? I > know how to find that out on a DOS machine, but not on a Windows > machine. Normally I don't do Windows. Normally I do only what the > normal people do. just tested to connect to pop.mail.yahoo.de via the Arachne telnet apm and it worked for me without a problem (remember that pop3 still works in Germany with Yahoo). I have DSL provided by Deutsche Telekom. So we know that port 110 works with telnet and DSL. You can find out Your current IP here: http://www.netins.net/dialup/tools/my_ip.shtml HTH. Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
