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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I want to be able to telnet via nullmodem cable from a computer using DOS 
to a computer using BL2.  I have kermit (which does telnet and file 
transfer) at both ends.  Apparently I need to have a telnet server on the 
linux computer, which might be the same as the inet daemon.  I am trying 
to make sense out of information at a website on 'Serial Networking: 
Connecting to a Linux Computer' which talkes about an Acorn tcp/ip stack 
and needing to edit /etc/hosts (Steven has done this already so that we 
can specify lois instead of 192.16.1.1), /etc/ppp/options (there but 
blank), and a syslog.conf (not there).

It is suggested that one not use a serial mouse (or probably an external 
modem plugged into Com1) if there is no Com2 or Com3.  I have two 
computers with Com1 (ttyS0) free, both 115100 ports, and a nullmodem cable 
to plug between them.

I am supposed to install and configure a telnet server.  The BL2 FAQ says 
to install 'the telnet server' but which package is this?  I found tcpip1 
which is 'basic utilities'.  Is it some file(s) in there?  I already have 
two telnet programs and probably don't need most of the 2.5M 
(uncompressed) package if that is it.  What is the server named?  Every 
place I looked on the web they assumed you were already familiar with 
this.

Another website describing how to telnet from a Commodore 64 to 
Vectorlinux said to type pppd /dev/ttyS0 115200 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 
local crtscts noauth.  (These last three are to be listed in the 
/etc/ppp/options file, according to the first website).    Then you use 
something called 'The Wave' which I do not have (or might it be wvdial?).
Do I use pppd instead to establish a connection or to turn on the telnet 
server?  Can I use pppd instead of a telnet server somehow?

What do crtscts and noauth mean?  Something about how packets are sent and 
maybe no need for authorizations (security)?

I am probably mixing up several different methods.  Could someone please 
spell this out in detail?

I did manage once to do a kermit file transfer without telnetting, between 
DOS and linux, and another time used a dumb terminal as a real terminal to 
linux, both via nullmodem cable.

What I would like is to telnet from my DOS to my linux computer and 
do file transfers and maybe even dial the net from linux and use the DOS 
computer as a terminal somehow, letting me access the web from DOS that 
way and download files directly to it (via kermit file transfer).  Then I 
could use an old (286) lunchbox computer (with TTL plasma screen!) with 
DOS on it as a linux terminal and DOS wordprocessor.  I have CUTCP and 
Kermit telnet programs, FTP program from Arachne, Nettamer with its own 
ftp and telnet.  The computer has no PS/2 port but I don't need a mouse 
for DOS.

Woonsig wrote to BL list last year about setting up a telnet server but 
that thread fizzled out quickly.

I don't want to learn DOS ethernet right now.

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org