Telnet; Defining Telnet Connections - Nokia 9000i communicator User Manual

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Telnet

The Telnet application is activated in the Internet
main view by selecting Telnet and pressing Select.
The Telnet application is used to make a connec-
tion to a remote computer via the Internet.
The Telnet application is similar to the Terminal
application, in that both applications emulate
the VT100 terminal display (see figure 7-8). The
display occupies the left side of the screen. The
screen size is 80 characters in 24 lines.

Defining Telnet connections

After you have pressed Define in the Telnet main
view, the defined Telnet connections are shown.
To edit existing connections, press Edit.
To define new Telnet connections, press New.
To delete the selected connection, press Delete.
Pressing Edit or New opens the Define Telnet
connection view, where you can define the fol-
lowing settings:
Connection name — Edit an existing or enter a
new connection name. The name can be defined
freely.
Destination host — Edit an existing or enter a
new connection address. The host is identified by
either a numeric IP address or a correct textual
host name.
Internet access — Select a service provider from
those currently defined. To change the preferred
service provider, press the Change command
button.
Backspace key — Defines whether the keyboard
backspace key is used as a backspace (BS - de-
fault) or delete (DEL) key.
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Defining Telnet connections
Once a Telnet connection is established, you
must in most cases enter your login name and a
password in order to be able to use the services
provided by the host computer. The Telnet main
view shows all pre-defined Telnet hosts.
To connect with a pre-defined Telnet host, select
a host and press Connect (see "Defining Telnet
connections: Telnet connection" on page 7-16).
To create new or edit existing connections, press
Define. See " Defining Telnet connections" below.
Telnet connection
When you have connected to the remote system,
the following commands become available (see
figure 7-8):
Press Keys to emulate the VT100 special keys,
which are not available on the communicator
keyboard. The special keys include:
• Four programmable function keys (PF1-4)
• All VT100 application keypad keys (numbers
1-9, minus, comma, period, dash, enter)
• The following VT100 functions: reset
terminal, Ctrl-\, Ctrl-], Ctrl-~.
In a Telnet connection, these special keys include
the following commands (can be used in remote
systems that support them):
Interrupt — Interrupts the current process on
the remote computer.
Skip command output — Prevents command
output from being displayed on the screen.
Are you there? — Enquires whether the remote
system is still running (if the execution of a