telnet and rlogin Accessing Dial-up

Macs

All the Macintoshes in the Theory division, and most of the Macs everywhere else, are connected to the Internet via the LocalTalk cables. For those Macs that don't have VersaTerm, an implementation of Telnet by NCSA is available on the File Server Disk (for Macs without hard disks) and on the hard disk itself. In order to connect to a computer, double-click on the `NCSA-Telnet-2.5 Folder' icon and then double-click on your desired host. After a while (depending on whether you're working from the hard disk or a File Server) a window will appear with the host's login: prompt.

NCSA Telnet is a combined terminal emulator (VT100 and Tektronics) and a telnet client. With it, you can also connect to several computers at once, and have the output displayed on separate windows, one on top of the other (depending on the Mac's available memory). Simply drag down the `File' menu once you have already connected to your first host, and click on `Open Connection...'. On the window that appears, type in hostname.location (i.e. lyman.pppl.gov, a.nersc.gov, etc.) in the `Session Name' box and type a title for the new window in the `Window Name' box. Click `OK' and a new window should appear on top of the old one with the new host's login: prompt. To switch windows, drag down the `Connections' menu and check the window you wish to switch to. When you log out from a machine, the corresponding window should automatically disappear.

telnet and rlogin

Accessing

Dial-up