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Re: SLIP/PPP question (NOT the usual)



In article <334471DB.36B3@no.no>, Eric Jacobs  <no@no.no> wrote:
>
>I've only had luck using Telnet on its happy port 23. Ports 21 and 25 seem to
>just hang up the other server. It's probably those negotiation codes, like you
>said.

I've had no problems accesing ports 21 for ftp or 25 for mail using the
telnet program.  From what I can tell, the negotiation codes are sent only
if they are requested.  Granted, I haven't thoroughly read over the entire
telnet specs.

Geoff
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