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> > 6. Lastly: Many of the Linux commands i've learned
> > from other distros don't work in BL. Specifically,
> > let's say i want to SSH to one of my BL laptops from
> > another computer ... how do i find out the hostname
> > of my BL laptop?
>
>
> I'm talking about the whole URL or DNS (or whatever
> it actually is called) that i need to put in the SSH
> command. Other distros have netstat and commands like
> this, which don't work in BL.

Instead of netstat try ifconfig, which works for me using a dialup 
connection (ppp0 section).

Busybox 1.3.2 (compiled by another list member, Karolis, from my 
configuration) includes netstat and ftpget.  It does not work properly 
with kernel 2.2 so you would also need a 2.4 kernel (I have posted several 
2.4.31 kernels, with support for USB storage and framebuffer video). 
The busybox in BL3.5 is the last one to work right with kernel 2.2.

ftpget -u login -p password sdf.lonestar.org $1 $1
ftpput -u login -p password sdf.lonestar.org ~keesan $1

Substitute your own login and password, and the URL of your account 
instead of sdf.lonestar.org, and your own user name for keesan.  $1 is the 
file name to be transferred.  ftpput puts it into your user directory.

or you can use wget with login and password

wget -c ftp://login:password AT sdf.lonestar.org/~keesan/$1

or links (or links2) has a built-in ftp

links ftp://login:password AT ftp.freeshell.org/arpa/g/m/k/keesan

You can then download files from this directory.

/arpa/g/m/k/keesan is the same as ~keesan for other programs but links 
won't accept ~keesan.

> I typically connect to BL laptops to the internet
> using whatever unsecured wireless network i can pick up.
>
>
> -monz

To use dropbear instead of ssh just substitute dbclient for ssh.

dbclient keesan AT freeshell.org

dbclient is smaller than ssh.  I don't know if it does what you want.

My complete dropbear package also includes the server.  You can run 
dropbear server on one computer and use dbclient or ssh to access it and 
run programs from another computer, over an ethernet cable or probably 
wireless connection or maybe parallel transfer cable or serial nullmodem 
cable.  More secure than telnet.  You need to add a password-protected 
account first.  (Don't use the new busybox to do that - I left out shadow 
and it confuses things - or see my posting about the subject and how to 
get around it, I think by deleting some file).  You will need glibc 2.2.5 
to run most of what I compiled.

dbclient (glibc) is about 115K.
ssh (static) about 290K (no need for glibc)

I also compiled (glibc) for file transfer
scp 21K (part of dropbear, basic functions only)

and putty: pscp 315K and psftp 320K

I did compile kermit libc5 (for and with BL1) and it includes ftp.  Kermit 
is about 2MB.

If there is enough interest I will set up BL3.50 for compiling and compile 
dropbear and whatever else people ask for.  It should be possible to 
compile for libc5 using BL2 but I have not figured it out.  You have to 
point it at the older header files somehow, I think.  Steven, can you help 
with this?  It may have to wait until the grapes and pears are all picked.

You need glibc 2.2.5 or later anyway to run Opera 8 or 9.2*, and 2.3.1 for 
Opera 9.5 (and some other libraries that I have not yet found).

Sindi