So would you still use the built-in terminal or is there an actual telnet client available for the m100 now?
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 1:58 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/20/21 5:22 PM, Jeff Gonzales wrote: > > How do you connect to remote BBS' with this? I have only done it with > > telnet on a computer. How do AT commands work on wifi? Does the > > device have a SIM card and, of so, are the remote BBS' still using > > modems?? > > The remote side is a telnet server running bbs software. You can telnet > to it using any telnet client. > > On the client side, the device connects to wifi, not the cell network, > so no sim card. > > And the device is essentially a telnet client, meaning the device does > the tcp/ip and the telnet protocol with the telnet server, just like how > a regular modem does all the v.42bis handshaking and error correction > and compression with the other modem. > > You control the device with AT commands, both to get connected to wifi > and to "dial" some telnet server. > > How exactly the AT commands work is what the manual is for. You just use > them the same as with any other modem. There's commands to list all wifi > networks in the area, supply a password to join a network, set static IP > settings or dhcp, even to control the led. The ATDT command accepts an > ip or hostname and tcp port number like "hostname:port" instead of a > phone number. > https://www.cbmstuff.com/downloads/wimodem/wimodem232_manual.pdf > > Every modem ever made had it's own special AT commands for various > functions. This is no different. > > -- > bkw > >
