MODULE 1 - Telnet

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After reading through our first task and not knowing anything about Telnet, I read through Wikipedia's description and then went to the message boards to see what my fellow students had to say.

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Many were having problems but some flew through this task. First I tried Cynthia's idea of using the browser with no luck and so went back to the message boards. I went to a couple of the sites that other students had recommended but rather than download I decided to do a thorough search on my computer first.

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Yippee!!! Hit pay dirt. I went into "my computer" and searched my c drive (XP Home). This brought up Telnet help for both clients and servers which was brief and concise. I also discovered that I was lucky enough to have Microsoft Telnet already installed. Whew!!!

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I went in to find that Telnet is very much like DOS which I only barely remember using a hundred years ago! After some fiddling and fumbling I finally worked it out. I'll try and type below what appeared on Telnet.

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Welcome to Microsoft Telnet

Escape character is 'CTRL+]'

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Microsoft Telnet>_ library.deakin.edu.au

Invalid comand type ? / help for help_help

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After typing in help a list of commands and abbreviations appeared. I chose 'O' to open a connection.

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Microsoft Telnet>_o (open connection)

(to)_sen (send string)

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What kind of terminal are you using?

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V>VT100

W>NCSA VT100

Choose one (V.W)_V

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Please confirm: are you using a VT100 or compatible terminal? (y/n)_y

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Search options then appeared for the Deakin Library!!! I searched Bennahum under A for Author and two listings appeared.

1. Bennahum David A 1936
2. Bennahum Ninotchka

There's so much about the internet, computers even, that I don't and will probably never know. But it suprised me that, with Telnet, it was like going back to basics. Even with the advanced technology we have today we can still use the internet as it was in the beginning.

I did what the task stated and then went into my inbox on Oasis. How excited was I to see 1 email waiting for me!!! My very 1st one.