This may save newbies some time. I tried to use FTP on the G20 board and it 
didn't work (well it started to work but then failed. I suspect that the ftp 
client accepted the connection and then couldn't find the ftp server program. 
Also telnet didn't work either. Looking around (using find) I found that telnet 
isn't included any more and I suspect the same is true of ftp. This is because 
they are not safe to use in a networked (i.e. internet connected) environment.

So, the solution is to use ssh and sftp. I found a free program for Windoze 
called Bitvise SFTP & Xterm which does both ssh and ftp. This works fine for 
both virtual terminals and ftp.

Another program which does the same thing and is open source is Putty and comes 
highly recommended by a Linux guru friend of mine. Works on Windoze and Linux 
hosts.
Charles

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