You may be stuck with using Lynx (not so bad really). You may be able to
download Netscape (see later post) but you won't be able to use it from
your box. What your doing is connecting via a serial link (through the
modem) not really a tcp/ip connection. Don't know of any way around this
one (somebody correct me if I'm wrong).
Ken Schweigert wrote:
> This is my first post to the group and I'm truly a newbie. I'm
> running RH5.0 on one half of the HD and Win95 on the other and am
> using loadlin to get to Linux.
>
> The internet server I'm using is the one from our local college and
> I've been told that everyone has a "Unix shell account" and not a
> regular ppp. If I use minicom, I can connect and use Lynx to surf
> around, but when I try to d/l Netscape, it d/l's to my directory on
> the Unix box. I've tried to ftp the server to get these files, but
> must not be doing something correctly.
>
> My question is: is there something that will connect me directly to
> this shell account so I can transfer straight to this box??
>
> I know the best alternative would be to ditch the college account and
> get one from a real ISP, but ... $$$.
>
> TIA
>
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