cross platform telnet question

[Eric Hagen]

The IP or the hostname should not matter as long as the hostname can be
resolved by the client box you are using to telnet.

If the hostname does not work, and using an IP takes forever, the cause is
that the client system is not resolving correctly.

Hope this helps.

Eric Hagen                  "Sometimes we get lost in the darkness, 
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, mmn wrote:

> When I am telneting to my Linux box from a  non unix machine should I telnet
> to the IP number of the Linux box or its host name?
> I'm pretty sure that my telnet client  set for vt100 (however if it not I'll
> have to use another app since this doesn't have anyway to change the
> settings).
> 
> thank you ! :)
> 
> 
> Mike Ballon wrote:
> 
> > Any telneting to linux should just work regardless of OS providing you use
> > the correct term (ansi/vt100).  IF it doesn't let us know.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mmn" <mmn at inix.com>
> > To: "Linux Users Anonymous" <luau at luau.hi.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:22 PM
> > Subject: [luau] cross platform telnet question
> >
> > > I'd like to be able to telnet to my Linux box (Mandrake 7.1 Complete
> > > boxed set  using
> > > KDE) from my mac and windows box. This is a sort of a first step on the
> > > long road
> > > Linux/windows networking via samba.
> > >
> > > Right now my goal is to establish a simple telnet  connection via
> > > TCP/IP. On the hardware side Its a direct machine to machine ethernet
> > > cable link (no hub). As for the terminal software, I have bettertelnet
> > > and niftytelent (with ssh r3). On the windows side I'll stick to the
> > > default  telnet app that coems with windows NT and 98.According to
> > > webmin, I have the telnet server installed and running.
> > >
> > > The problem is that I'm not sure what I exactly need to configure to
> > > enable  telnet from non *nix machines. All the books I've read breifly
> > > mention telnet and they all assume that you are telneting from one *nix
> > > box to another. I've used telnet like this for years but when it comes
> > > to setting it up on my own Linux box I'n not sure whare to start. any
> > > pointers on what is involved?
> > >
> > >
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