Re: Telnet access...

[dig@pro-cynosure.cts.com (Doug Granzow)]

seane@pro-scat.cts.com (Sean Eller) writes:

>I've got a telnet number which I use to access america online with from my
>area.  I was reading the FAQ post and noticed that you can supposedly FTP
>through a telnet service or xarchie (or something), and was wondering how
>you do this?

Telenet (actually now called Sprintnet) is a packet-switching network which
allows users to reach remote computers (such as AOL) without calling long
distance.  It is not associated with Internet in any way.

Telnet is a unix program which uses an Internet connection to connect you to
a remote computer (which is on the Internet).  FTP and archie are related to
telnet.

You are using Telenet to reach AOL, and not telnet.  You need access to a
Unix system which is on the Internet to use telnet.


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